La comparaison des secteurs non lucratifs américain et français commence par un état des lieux en 1995. Les données empiriques strictement comparables sont interprétées par les ideal-types libéral anglo-saxon et partenarial européen de bien-être. Dans un deuxième temps, on analyse...

After a brief historical background of social economy in France, the paper recalls the origin of the project of a social economy satelleite account. It shows that cooperatives, mutual societies, associations and foundations are invisible in the central framework of national accounts. In a second...

Major trends (1995-2005) in the French Nonprofit sectors are the following: An increased awareness of the importance , an increased support of central and local governments and more professionalized organizations and more anti-establishment new voluntary organizations. Three major issues :...

The first satellite account of nonprofit institutions, following the UN Manual of NPIs in the SNA, was issued at INSEE, the French statistical office, in 2005. This article outlines firstly the methodology and then shows the main results of this satellite account. It also adds data on voluntary...

La première partie de cet article précise les concepts qui prévalent dans le champ de l'économie sociale et leurs diverses acceptions selon les pays avant de montrer l'apport du Manuel de l'ONU sur les institutions sans but lucratif(ISBL). La seconde partie, à partir de l'apport du compte...

In December 2008, ILO recommended to add to the Labour Force Survey a brief questionnaire to measure volunteer work. The paper analyses firstly the methodological weaknesses of the existing surveys, in France and some Anglo-saxon countries to show that a standardisation is necessary. Then it...

On esquisse l'histoire du secteur sans but lucratif, histoire qui a laissé des strates successives qui expliquent en partie sa structure actuelle. Puis, on examine le poids économique de ce Tiers secteur, à partir des premiers résultats, du compte des institutions sans but lucratif,...

After a brief overview of the historical background, the main object of this chapter is to analyse the type of relationship that have been developed between the government, at its different levels, and the non-profit organisations, in the recent years, and the consequences of these new...

Comparativement aux pays de développement comparable, il y a très peu de fondations en France et le statut associatif est le plus souvent préféré pour promouvoir des causes d'intérêt général. Les causes historiques et juridiques de cette désaffection sont analysées avant que l'on...

Volunteering is considered first as a gift of time but the world of the gift does not generally fit into the framework of the economic calculation. Yet, volunteer work represents an important productive resource which is taken into account by voluntary associations and nonprofit institutions....