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La demande de travail de la théorie générale de la firme : évidences empiriques

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  • Adama Zerbo

    (GED, Université de Bordeaux)

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Ce papier s’est fixé pour objectif d’effectuer les tests empiriques de la fonction de demande de travail issue de la théorie générale de la firme. En effet, en réfutant l’hypothèse de maximisation du profit et en adoptant l’idée que l’entreprise fonctionne, en général, sur la base de compromis entre les parties prenantes (actionnaires, managers et employés), la théorie générale de la firme aboutit, entre autres, au résultat théorique selon lequel « dans le court terme, la demande de travail ne dépend pas que du salaire réel ; elle dépend également du profit brut réel et est croissante avec ce dernier ». Les tests économétriques réalisés dans le cadre de ce travail à partir de données d’un échantillon de 370 entreprises formelles du Burkina Faso confirment ce résultat théorique. Ces tests économétriques montrent, d’une part, que la composante quantitative de la demande de travail est croissante avec le profit brut réel et décroissante avec le salaire réel et, d’autre part, que la demande composée de travail (quantitative et qualitative) est croissante avec le profit brut réel et décroissante avec la prime de qualification. De ce fait, ce papier soulève des questionnements par rapport à la représentation du marché du travail dans l’analyse macroéconomique. This paper aims to verify the labor demand function from General Theory of Firm. Indeed, rejecting the hypothesis of profit maximization and holding the idea that firm operates, in general, on the basis of compromise between stakeholders (shareholders, managers and employees), General Theory of Firm leads, among others, to the theoretical outcome according to which "in short term, the labor demand does not depend only on real wage; it also depends on real gross profit and increases along with it". The econometric tests carried out in the framework of this research confirm this theoretical outcome. They show, on one hand, that quantitative component of labor demand increases along with real gross profit and decreases along with the real wage and, on other hand, that compound demand of labor (quantitative and qualitative) increases along with real gross profit and decreases along with the qualification premium. Therefore, this paper points out questions regarding the representation of labor market in macroeconomic analysis.(Full text in french)

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  • Adama Zerbo, 2018. "La demande de travail de la théorie générale de la firme : évidences empiriques," Documents de travail 177, Groupe d'Economie du Développement de l'Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV.
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    1. Williamson, Oliver E, 1979. "Transaction-Cost Economics: The Governance of Contractural Relations," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 22(2), pages 233-261, October.
    2. Adama Zerbo, 2016. "Essai d'une théorie générale de la firme," Documents de travail 175, Groupe d'Economie du Développement de l'Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV.
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    1. Adama Zerbo, 2018. "Evidences empiriques sur la formation de l'équilibre du marché du travail : cas des pays de l'OCDE," Documents de travail 179, Groupe d'Economie du Développement de l'Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV.
    2. Adama Zerbo, 2018. "Essai d'une nouvelle représentation macroéconomique du marché du travail," Documents de travail 178, Groupe d'Economie du Développement de l'Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV.

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    • D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity

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