The Economic Cost of Workplace Discrimination in France – Billions of euros in lost potential

As a public policy think tank dedicated to studying issues that resonate internationally, France Stratégie publishes regularly in English on the labour market, the digital economy, sustainable development, economics and social affairs.France Stratégie has conducted the country’s first detailed study gauging the staggering economic costs of workplace discrimination. Unsurprisingly, women and descendants of immigrants suffer the largest consequences. The upshot: France stands to gain some €150 billion, or 6.9% of the 2015 GDP, over 20 years (i.e. a 0.35% increase in GDP per year) by increasing access to skilled jobs and the overall employment rate for women and minorities.