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Les charges des entreprises françaises : essai de comparaison internationale

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  • Jean-Jacques Branchu
  • Bernard Bruhnes

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[fre] Les entreprises françaises sont-elles défavorisées par rapport à leurs concurrentes étrangères, par une importance excessive des charges qui pèsent sur elles ? Cet article, sans apporter une réponse définitive à cette question controversée, tente de rassembler des éléments de comparaison. Dans l'ensemble, ces données ne permettent pas de conclure que les charges des entreprises françaises soient plus élevées que dans les pays concurrents.. Par rapport à la valeur ajoutée, la part des charges de personnel (cotisations sociales comprises) semble plus faible en France que dans les autres pays de la C.E.E., à l'exception de l'Italie. Les coûts moyens par personne employée (charges sociales inclues) paraissent analogues à ceux observés dans l'industrie allemande, belge ou néerlandaise, mais supérieurs à ceux de l'industrie italienne. . La structure de la fiscalité française est caractérisée par l'importance des impôts indirects. Cependant, la fonction fiscale opérée par l'impôt sur l'ensemble de l'économie (cotisations sociales exclues) est à la fois plus faible et augmente moins vite en France depuis 1957, que dans la plupart des autres pays industriels. . Les données relatives aux charges financières, aux frais de transport et d'énergie sont moins précises, mais rien n'indique, dans ces domaines non plus que les entreprises françaises, dans leur ensemble, subissent un handicap appréciable. [eng] Are French enterprises at a disadvantage compared with their foreign competitors as a result of the excessive charges they have to meet ? The present article, without giving a final answer to this much debated question, is designed to assemble elements of comparison. On the whole, these data do not indicate that the charges which have to be met by French enterprises are any higher than those in competing countries. . In relation to value added, the proportion of personnel costs (including social security contributions) seems lower in France than in the other EEC countries, except Italy. The averages costs per employee (including social charges) seem similar to those observed in German, Belgian or Netherlands industry, but higher than those of Italian industry. . The French tax system is marked by the importance of indirect taxation. Nevertheless, the tax charge on the economy as a whole (excluding social security contributions) is both lower, and has been growing more slowly since 1957 in France than in most other countries. . The data on financial charges and transport and fuel and power costs are less precise, but there is nothing to indicate that, in these fields either, French enterprises, as a whole, suffer any appreciable handicap.

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  • Jean-Jacques Branchu & Bernard Bruhnes, 1969. "Les charges des entreprises françaises : essai de comparaison internationale," Économie et Statistique, Programme National Persée, vol. 4(1), pages 3-18.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:ecstat:estat_0336-1454_1969_num_4_1_1809
    DOI: 10.3406/estat.1969.1809
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    1. Jacques Mistral, 1978. "Compétitivité et formation du capital en longue période," Économie et Statistique, Programme National Persée, vol. 97(1), pages 3-23.

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