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[fre] La mesure du mouvement général des prix de détail donne lieu à controverses entre techniciens de l'Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE) et responsables syndicaux. Ces controverses concernent plus spécialement « l'indice mensuel des prix à la consommation des ménages dont le chef est ouvrier ou employé ». Elles portent, tout d'abord, d'un point de vue quasiment « doctrinal », sur la notion même de consommation, sur le champ de l'indice des prix. Elles ont trait, ensuite, dans une perspective plutôt « théorique », au niveau d'abstraction de l'indice et mettent en question la validité des moyennes, l'étalement — dans le temps — des observations, la prise en compte des changements de qualité, etc... Elles débouchent, enfin, au niveau « appliqué », sur le problème du mode de réalisation de l'indice : délimitation de la population de référence dont la consommation est à l'origine de l'indice, conditions dans lesquelles sont effectués les relevés de prix notamment. [eng] Techniques of the insee and syndical points of view concerning the measure of prices. . The measure of the general fluctuations of retail price gives rise to discussions between the techniciens of the INSEE and responsible trade-mnionists. These controversies are more especialty about " the monthly index of prices for consumer goods in households tvhose head is a tvorker or an office employee ". They bear at first, from a rather " doctrinal " view point, on the very notion of consumption, about te scope of the index of prices. They deal, then, in a " theoretical " enough prospect, with the level of abstraction of this index and question the validity of averages, the length of time taken for the observations, the taking into accôunt of changes in quality, etc. They emerge, at last, at the level of " appliances ", on the problem of the way to realize the index : how to delimit the reference population whose consumption is at the origin of the index, conditions under which are especially effected the tables of prices.
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Jean-Paul Courthéoux, 1975.
"Techniques de l'INSEE et points de vue syndicaux sur la mesure des prix,"
Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 26(5), pages 734-769.
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RePEc:prs:reveco:reco_0035-2764_1975_num_26_5_408228
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