This article develops a (partial equilibrium) microeconomic theory of popular-economy organizations (PEOs). Motivated by empirical data on PEOs in Santiago de Chile, we show that they are labor-managed firms (LMFs) embedded in dense social networks where cooperation between worker-members plays...

This paper is motivated by empirical observations on popular-economy firms (PEFs) in the informal sector of Santiago de Chile. These are labor-managed firms embedded in popular milieu where cooperation between their members plays a central role. This paper develops a (partial equilibrium)...

Compte tenu de l'intérêt croissant des économistes pour le champ de l'économie sociale (ou tiers-secteur), cet article a pour but d'analyser et de synthétiser les différents arguments auxquels a recours la littérature anglo-saxonne sur les organismes à but non lucratif pour expliquer...

The aim of this contribution is to analyze the dynamic of social innovation of home-care services. Based on the works of Polanyi which analyse socio-economic dynamics and on feminist theories in the field of care, we develop an original grid of analysis developing criteria to grasp the processes...

This article analyses the profiles and trajectories of the workers who entered a work integration social enterprise (WISE). First, we describe the objective and subjective profile (level of employability evaluated by the managers of the social enterprises) of these workers at the time of their...