Maryse Marpsat
Encyclopedia
Maryse Marpsat is a French
sociologist and statistician
whose work employs methods drawn from sociology
and statistics
but also mathematics
. Her major sociological works concern poverty
, inequality and homeless situation. She is a civil servant, administrator of the French National Institute of Statistics (INSEE
) and a fellow of the CSU, a French research institute specializing in sociological studies in urban societies.
Between 1983 and 1993, as a fellow of two French-British groups, the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure and the Centre for Economic Policy Research in Cambridge, she worked to develop the comparisons of the household ways of living in France and England, particularly with Richard Wall and Bruce Penhale, from the City University of London.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
sociologist and statistician
Statistician
A statistician is someone who works with theoretical or applied statistics. The profession exists in both the private and public sectors. The core of that work is to measure, interpret, and describe the world and human activity patterns within it...
whose work employs methods drawn from sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
and statistics
Statistics
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
but also mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
. Her major sociological works concern poverty
Poverty
Poverty is the lack of a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford basic human needs, which commonly includes clean and fresh water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter. About 1.7 billion people are estimated to live...
, inequality and homeless situation. She is a civil servant, administrator of the French National Institute of Statistics (INSEE
INSEE
INSEE is the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies. It collects and publishes information on the French economy and society, carrying out the periodic national census. Located in Paris, it is the French branch of Eurostat, European Statistical System...
) and a fellow of the CSU, a French research institute specializing in sociological studies in urban societies.
Between 1983 and 1993, as a fellow of two French-British groups, the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure and the Centre for Economic Policy Research in Cambridge, she worked to develop the comparisons of the household ways of living in France and England, particularly with Richard Wall and Bruce Penhale, from the City University of London.
Works
- 2008, (with Cécile Brousse and Jean-Marie Firdion), Les sans-domicile, La découverte, Collection Repère,
- 2008, « L’enquête de l’Insee sur les sans-domicile : quelques éléments historiques », Courrier des statistiques, INSEEINSEEINSEE is the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies. It collects and publishes information on the French economy and society, carrying out the periodic national census. Located in Paris, it is the French branch of Eurostat, European Statistical System...
, Paris, n° 123, janvier-avril p. 53-64
- 2006, « La légitimation de l’Art Brut. De la conservation à la consécration », in Gérard Mauger (edited), Droits d’entrée. Modalités et conditions d'accès aux univers artistiques, Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, 89-130, Paris
- 2006, « Une forme discrète de pauvreté : les personnes logées utilisant les distributions de repas chauds », Économie et Statistique, n°391-392, INSEEINSEEINSEE is the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies. It collects and publishes information on the French economy and society, carrying out the periodic national census. Located in Paris, it is the French branch of Eurostat, European Statistical System...
, Paris
- 2004, (with Albert Vanderburg), Le monde d'Albert la Panthère, cybernaute et sans-domicile à Honolulu, Bréal, coll. d'Autre Part, Paris
- 2004, « Les personnes sans domicile ou mal logées », Travail, genre et sociétés, n° 11, pp. 79–93.
- 2004, (with Martine Quaglia and Nicolas Razafindratsima), « Les sans domicile et les services itinérants », Travaux de l'Observatoire de l'exclusion 2003-2004, pp. 255–290, Paris
- 2003, (with Pascal Arduin and Isabelle Frechon), « Aspects dynamiques de la situation des personnes sans domicile : une analyse des méthodes mises en oeuvre dans plusieurs pays occidentaux », In Représentations, trajectoires et politiques publiques, les SDF, Paris, p. 13-33.
- 2001, « Problems in Comparative and Triangulated Homelessness Research », BMS, Bulletin de Méthodologie Sociologique, n° 71, July p. 5-57, Paris
- 2001, (with Jean-Marie Firdion), « Les ressources des jeunes sans domicile et en situation précaire », Recherches et prévisions, n° 65, septembre, Paris
- 2001, (with Thomas Amosse, Anne Doussin, Jean-Marie Firdion and Thierry Rochereau), « Vie et santé des jeunes sans domicile ou en situation précaire », Questions d’économie de la santé, n°40, Paris
- 2001, (with Thomas Amosse, Anne Doussin, Jean-Marie Firdion and Thierry Rochereau), Vie et santé des jeunes sans domicile ou en situation précaire, Credes, Paris
- 2000, (with Jean-Marie Firdion and Monique Meron), « Le passé difficile des jeunes sans domicile », Population et Sociétés, INED, n°363, Paris
- 2000, (edited with Jean-Marie Firdion), La rue et le foyer. Une recherche sur les sans-domicile et les mal-logés dans les années 90, Travaux et Documents de l'INED, INED, Paris
- 1999, « Les sans-domicile à Paris et aux États-Unis », Données sociales, INSEEINSEEINSEE is the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies. It collects and publishes information on the French economy and society, carrying out the periodic national census. Located in Paris, it is the French branch of Eurostat, European Statistical System...
, Paris
- 1999, « Un avantage sous contrainte : le risque moindre pour les femmes de se trouver sans abri », Population, 54 (6), INED, p. 885-932.
- 1999, « La modélisation des "effets de quartier" aux États-Unis - Une revue des travaux récents », Population, INED, 54 (2), p. 303-330.
- 1998, (with Jean-Marie Firdion), The homeless in Paris : a representative sample survey of users of services for the homeless, in Dragana Avramov, ed, Coping with homelessness : issues to be tackled and best practices in Europe, Ashgate Publishing, p. 221-251.
External links
- Page in the French Wikipedia.
- Page of Maryse Marpsat on the CSU web-site