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Perspective historique sur l’évolution des salaires réels au Québec (1940-2016)

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  • Jacques Rouillard

    (Département d'histoire, Université de Montréal)

  • Jean-François Rouillard

    (Département d'économique, Université de Sherbrooke)

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Dans cet article, nous examinons l’évolution des salaires réels au Québec en distinguant deux périodes : 1940-1977 et 1978-2016. La première est marquée par une augmentation substantielle de la rémunération des salariés qui suit de près la progression de la productivité du travail, alors que la deuxième voit leurs salaires croître à peu près au même rythme que l’augmentation des prix à la consommation. L’évolution de la productivité du travail se démarque alors de celle des salaires réels. Nous relevons également un renversement de la part du PIB provincial allouée à la rémunération du travail. Après avoir atteint un sommet à la fin des années 1970, cette part chute par la suite alors que les bénéfices des sociétés connaissent une envolée. Il nous apparaît que l'évolution des salaires réels est liée pour beaucoup au rapport de force que les salariés peuvent détenir sur le marché du travail et que le degré d’interventionnisme de l’État est un facteur déterminant dans la constitution de ce rapport de force.

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  • Jacques Rouillard & Jean-François Rouillard, 2018. "Perspective historique sur l’évolution des salaires réels au Québec (1940-2016)," Cahiers de recherche 18-04, Departement d'économique de l'École de gestion à l'Université de Sherbrooke.
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    Keywords

    salaires réels; productivité; histoire économique; part du travail dans le PIB; Québec.;
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    JEL classification:

    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
    • E25 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Aggregate Factor Income Distribution

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