Abstract EN:

Taking into consideration the principles of equality, as stated in the declaration of human rights of 1789, and that of assimilation, as written in the constitution of 1958, the author has carried out a study of supplementary benefits paid to the family in french overseas departments and territories. After setting out the origins of the social security system and the way this has evolved in france, the author devotes himself to clearly stating the family policy in the french overseas departments and territories, and draws up a table of benefits in order to bring out the differences when compared with metropolitan france. He studies gradual aligning with the metropolitan system, and explains that this parity does not necessarily mean equality. He concludes that bringing these systems closer together can only be understood by globally considering the family policy in france, and incorporating into this an economic and social aspect of the development of the french overseas departments and territories.