La spécificité française du chômage structurel de masse, des années 1930 aux années 1990 - article ; n°1 ; vol.52, pg 41-65

Vingtième Siècle. Revue d'histoire - Année 1996 - Volume 52 - Numéro 1 - Pages 41-65
The specifîty of French structural mass unemployment, 1930-1990, Nicolas Baverez.
Structural unemployment seems to apply specifically to France in the 1930s as well as today. But production System archaisms can not be the only explanation of the persistance of this plague. Disastrous national policies - obstinate defense of the franc, high interest rates, pressure from the farmers' lobby, the savers' lobby or, concerning the present time, the retired people's lobby - explain the high rates recorded by this country.
25 pages
Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.