Employment conditions and their recent transformations in the major industrialized countries.

Summary The analysis of employment conditions through a heterodox reading grid makes it possible to consider two determinants for them: - the evolution of labor legislation - the employment management of firms the illustration of employment conditions in the major industrialized countries (france, germany, united kingdom, italy, usa), based on dichotomous short-term employment functions, highlights the diversity of situations between industrial sectors. Recent changes in employment conditions are determined by statistical tests of stability. The simulation of a macroeconomic model suggests that these breaks have had a limited ex-post impact on employment.