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Des indices de prix à la consommation plus comparables entre la France et la RFA

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  • Wolfgang Buchwald
  • Alain Saglio

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[eng] More Comparable Consumer Price Indices for France and Germany . The comparability of the official German and French price indices is affected by significant methodological differences. These differences make the weight of rents much higher in the German index, which takes into account the rents that owner-occupiers would pay themselves if they had to rent their housing at market rates. The differences also mean that insurance services are tracked in the German index, whereas they still elude the French index. In addition, the two indices have highly different ways of observing health service prices. . After common statistical processing of these differences, the rate of inflation is still substantially lower in France than in Germany, but the gap narrows in 1992 and 1993. It would most likely have been less than one point for these two years, as opposed to 1 .8 points in 1 992 and 1 .6 points in 1993. The consideration of health expenditure, excluded from the comparison as the statistical reconciliation was beyond the scope of this study, would probably have contributed to a further slight reduction in a real inflation differential estimated at 0.8 points exclusively in favour of France in 1993. [spa] Indices de precios al consumo mas comparables entre Francia y la RFA . Unas fuertes diferencias metodolôgicas afectan la comparabilidad de los indices de precios oficiales alemân y francés. De hecho, la importancia de los alquileres es muy superior en el indice alemân, ya que este toma en cuenta los alquileres que pagarîan los propietarios que residen en la propia vivienda si tuvieran que alquilarla en las condiciones del mercado. Asimismo en Alemania, se observan los precios de los servicios de seguro, mientras que hasta ahora escapan al control del indice francés. Los precios de los servicios de sanidad también se observan de manera muy distinta segûn los dos îndices. . Después del tratamiento estadistico comûn de dichas diferencias, el ritmo de inflaciôn sigue siendo con mucho inferior en Francia respecta a Alemania, pero la diferencia se reduce en 1 993 y 1 994 : habri'a sido con toda certeza inferior a 1 punto en el curso de estas dos anos, en vez del 1 ,8 punto registrado en 1 992 y del 1 ,6 punto de 1 993. La toma en consideraciôn de los gastos de sanidad, descartados de la comparaciôn por no estar a nuestro alcance taies equivalencias estadi'sticas, habrfa contribuido a lo mejor a reducir aûn mas en 1993 un diferencial real de inflaciôn valorado en tan solo un 0,8 punto a favor de Francia. [fre] Des indices de prix à la consommation plus comparables entre la France et la RFA . Des différences méthodologiques notables affectent la comparabilité des indices de prix officiels allemand et français. Ainsi le poids des loyers est très supérieur dans l'indice allemand, car ce dernier prend en compte les loyers que se verseraient les propriétaires occupant leurs logements s'ils avaient à les louer aux conditions du marché. Ainsi les prix des services d'assurance sont-ils suivis dans l'indice allemand, alors qu'ils échappent encore à l'indice français. Ainsi encore les prix des services de santé sont-ils suivis très différemment dans les deux indices. . Après un traitement statistique commun de ces différences, le rythme d'inflation reste nettement inférieur en France par rapport à l'Allemagne, mais l'écart est réduit en 1992 et 1993 : il aurait été très vraisemblablement inférieur à un point au cours de ces deux années, contre 1 ,8 point en 1 992 et 1 ,6 point en 1 993. La prise en compte des dépenses de santé, exclues de la comparaison car les rapprochements statistiques étaient hors de portée de cette étude, aurait sans doute contribué à réduire encore un peu en 1993 un différentiel réel d'inflation estimé à 0,8 point seulement en faveur de la France.

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  • Wolfgang Buchwald & Alain Saglio, 1994. "Des indices de prix à la consommation plus comparables entre la France et la RFA," Économie et Statistique, Programme National Persée, vol. 275(1), pages 9-23.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:ecstat:estat_0336-1454_1994_num_275_1_5885
    DOI: 10.3406/estat.1994.5885
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    1. Damien Broussolle, 2006. "On the recent extension of price and production statistics to health and education," The Service Industries Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(3), pages 347-360, April.
    2. François Lequiller, 1997. "L'indice des prix à la consommation surestime-t-il l'inflation ?," Économie et Statistique, Programme National Persée, vol. 303(1), pages 3-32.

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