Une approche du coût de l'enfant

Abstract

Une approche du coût de l'enfant In: Economie et statistique, N°155, Mai 1983. Réactions aux chocs pétroliers : une comparaison internationale / Chômage dans les années trente et aujourd'hui / La croissance du parc de logements / Le coût de l'enfant. pp. 51-67.

Family Benefits and Fertility: An Econometric Analysis

“…Assuming that fiat-rate benefits are paid for each child, independently of his or her birth-order, we may consequently expect benefits to have a larger effect on the birth of higher order children since their cost would be lower than those of lower birth-order children (in relative terms). However, if instead we assume, like Bloch and Glaude (1983), that the cost of the third child is higher than that of the first and second one, and assuming the same fiat rate benefits, the opposite conclusion would be reached. The effect of benefits would be expected to be smaller for the third child.…”

Foreword: On the importance of taking a life-cycle view in understanding generational issues

“…The one by Henri Martin is devoted to evaluating equivalence scales, a recurrent topic for the journal (Bloch & Glaude, 1983;Glaude & Moutardier, 1991;Hourriez & Olier, 1998) and that is an essential stage in evaluating the standards of living of households whose demographic structure evolves from one phase of the lifecycle to another. It implements one of the possible approaches to the question, namely the approach based on subjective perceptions of standard of living, rather than on indirect indicators such as the shares devoted to food spending or to adult-specific spending, such indicators being more objective but also conventional and probably outdated.…”

“…However, various authors have adopted a subjective approach, based on questioning households directly on their standard of living (Flik & Van Praag, 1991) or on the income level they consider to be minimum, average or comfortable for a household such as theirs (Van der Bosch, 1996). In France, various research projects have used this approach, with studies published by Bloch and Glaude (1983), Glaude and Moutardier (1991) and Hourriez and Olier (1997), all of which are based on different editions of the French Household Expenditure survey. This paper contributes to the existing literature in three ways.…”

Âges et générations : une introduction générale

“…Deux articles sont de type méthodologique. L'un, celui d'Henri Martin, est consacré à l'évaluation des échelles d'équivalence, sujet récurrent pour la revue (Bloch & Glaude, 1983 ;Glaude & Moutardier, 1991 ;Hourriez & Olier, 1998) et qui constitue une étape indispensable à l'évaluation des niveaux de vie de ménages dont la structure démographique évolue d'une phase à l'autre du cycle de vie. Il met en oeuvre l'une des approches possibles de la question, celle qui repose sur les perceptions subjectives du niveau de vie, plutôt que sur des indicateurs indirects tels les parts consacrées aux dépenses alimentaires ou aux dépenses spécifiques aux adultes, indicateurs plus objectifs mais conventionnels et vraisemblablement dépassés.…”