Chômage et comportements de consommation : vers une théorie du comportement du consommateur-chômeur
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Abstract EN:
After having carried out a statistical approach of unemployment and an economic study of the phenomena of the consumption of unemployed consumers, of which he shows the limits, but which lead him to conclude with the vast heterogeneousness of the unemployed population, the author turns towards the theories of behaviour to understand more easily and explain the causes of the behavioural phenomena observed. The first part ends with the proposition of a general model concerning the analysis of the behaviour of the unemployed consumer. On the basis of the acknowledgement of the population observed, as previously exlained, in the second part the author chooses to concentrate his study on unemployed people at the bottom of the socio-professional scale in order to verify the relevance of the proposed model, and to improve it. The variation of cnsumption behavioural patterns of individuals, since their becoming unemployed, are studied along with the disparity of these behavioural patterns compared with those of other unemployed people in other socio-professional categories. Conluding with the validity of the general model proposed in the first part, and including of the observation made in the second part, the author refines
Abstract FR:
Apres avoir effectue une approche statistique du chomage et une etude economique des phenomenes de consommation des consommateurs-chomeurs dont il montre les limites, mais qui le conduisent a conclure a la grande heterogeneite de la population des chomeurs, l'auteur se tourne vers les theories du comportement pour mieux comprendre et expliquer les causes des phenomenes comportementaux observes. La premiere partie se termine sur la proposition d'un modele general concernant l'analyse du comportement du consommateur-chomeur. Sur la base du constat d'heterogeneite de la population etudiee exprimee precedemment, l'auteur choisit dans la deuxieme partie de centrer son etude sur les chomeurs de categorie socio-professionnelle basse dans le souci de verifier la pertinence du modele propose et de l'enrichir. Sont etudiees la variation des comportements de consommation des individus depuis le chomage, ainsi que l'originalite de ces comportements par rapport a ceux des chomeurs des autres categories socioprofessionnelles. Concluant au bien-fonde du modele general propose en premiere partie et incluant les apports de l'observation menee dans la deuxieme, l'auteur affine son modele et en propose la version definitive en conclusion.