Marché du travail et législation sociale dans la pensée de Léon Walras

Abstract

Throughout his carrier, Léon Walras has been deeply worried about the questions of labour market, social conflict and social legislation. He engaged in controversies with the economists and the socialists of his time and his opinions about these questions changed notably through time. This paper examines the Walrasian viewpoint on the functioning of the labour market, on the role of the state for better organizing it and his ideas relating to the labour legislation and social insurance.

Keywords

• Walras (Léon)
• free competition
• labour market
• labour legislation
• social insurance