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Vers un renouveau du troc et de l'économie domestique ?

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  • Henri Mendras
  • Michel Forsé

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[eng] Economists define the « informal » economy by applying the same rules as they use to evaluate activities which do enter their accounts. The difficulty which this implies might be significant since those categories are, almost by definition, not as relevant to the measurement and explanation of these phenomena. Sociologists propose an alternative viewpoint which recognizes explicitly the strategies employed by the actors whose activities they wish to analyse. For example, exchanges which take place within a social network can be understood in terms of barter or gift exchange and in such cases conventional national accounting procedures may not provide much insight. An analysis of the social mechanisms at work, though, may give some guide to the evolution of the « informal » economy and allow us to understand, for example, the implications of unemployment for such activities as home-improvement and the cultivation of kitchen-gardens. [fre] L'économie «informelle» est définie par les économistes en opposition aux activités économiques comptabilisables et en fonction des réglementations de la puissance publique, ce qui les enferme dans une contradiction : évaluer ce qui échappe à leurs comptes. Les sociologues proposent de retourner le point de vue en se plaçant du côté des acteurs dont ils veulent analyser les stratégies. Les échanges qui s'inscrivent dans des réseaux de sociabilité peuvent se comprendre en terme de troc, de don et de contre-don. Dans l'économie domestique, le producteur et le consommateur étant confondus, il n'y a pas d'échange. Dans tous ces cas, la comptabilisation est trop conventionnelle pour être significative ; par contre, l'étude des mécanismes permet d'esquisser les tendances. Les conséquences du chômage, la construction des maisons et les jardins potagers fournissent des illustrations de cette argumentation.

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  • Henri Mendras & Michel Forsé, 1982. "Vers un renouveau du troc et de l'économie domestique ?," Revue de l'OFCE, Programme National Persée, vol. 2(1), pages 113-126.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:rvofce:ofce_0751-6614_1982_num_2_1_927
    DOI: 10.3406/ofce.1982.927
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    1. Ann Chadeau & Annie Fouquet & Claude Thélot, 1981. "Peut-on mesurer le travail domestique ?," Économie et Statistique, Programme National Persée, vol. 136(1), pages 29-42.
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    2. Denis Stoclet, 1983. "Les transferts entre marchand et domestique. Travail des femmes. Loisirs des hommes," Revue de l'OFCE, Programme National Persée, vol. 3(1), pages 121-143.

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