From negative income tax to a French reform of minimum income scheme Circulation and uses of a visual representation

This paper examines the links between graphic representations of the RSA and neoclassical representations of the labor market through the "representation device" concept, which sees the relations between images, their uses and interpretations as a variation of the relations between rules and conventions. Based on the most common representation of the RSA, the article focuses on the devices associated with this image and shows that it is independent from the neo-classical framework.