November 2009

Actual Position

Full Professor, University Paris-Sorbonne
Professor at the Paris School of Economics

Research Fellow at IZA (Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn)
Member of the Institut Universitaire de France

Main Research Topic

Income Distribution and Subjective Well-Being: a Micro-Econometric Approach.

Democracy, Market Liberalization and Political Preferences.

Work in Progress

"How Populist Democracy Promotes Market Liberalization", with Pauline Grosjean, IZA DP n°3527, 2008 and PSE working paper n°2008-39.

 . “Segregation, Entrepreneurship and Work Values: the case of France”, with Thierry Verdier, PSE Working Paper n° 2007-37 and IZA DP n° 3319.

Publications

Papers published in international refereeing journals

· “Immigration and Natives’ Attitudes towards Redistribution: Evidence from the European Social Survey” with Holger Stichnoth and Karine Van der Straeten,  Social Indicators Research, 2009, 91(3), 345-370.

· “Entrepreneurs, social networks and work values of ethnic minorities in France”, with Thierry Verdier, International Journal of Manpower, 2008, 29(7), 610-629.

· “Is Man Doomed to Progress?”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 68 (1), 140-152.

· “The unexpected structure of “rents” on the French and British labour markets”, with Andrew Clark, Journal of Socio-Economics, 2006, 35, 180-196. Working paper version.

· “Heterogeneity and measures of well-being: evidence from twelve European countries”, with Andrew Clark, Fabrice Etilé, Fabien Postel-Vinay et Karine Van der Straeten, The Economic Journal, 2005, 155, C118-C132. Working paper version.

· “What Can we Learn from Subjective Data ? The Case of Income and Well-Being”, Journal of Economic Surveys, 2005, 19 (1), 43-63.  French version of the working paper.

· “When Information Dominates Comparison. Learning from Russian Subjective Panel Data”, Journal of Public Economics, 2004, 88, 2099-2133. Working paper version.

· “Workers’ Heterogeneity and Risk Aversion : a Segmentation Model of the Russian Labor Market”, Journal of Comparative Economics, 2001, 29, 230-256, with Irena Grosfeld, Thierry Verdier, Elena Paltseva, Stanislas Kolenikov. Abstract

· “Industrial Restructuring in Russia. Early Reactions of Firms to the Shock of Liberalization”, with Esther Duflo, Economics of Transition, 1997, 5 (1).

· “The International Competitiveness of Industries in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland”, with Hughes Gordon, Hare Paul, Zemplinerova Elena, Revesz Tomas, Wiczynska Daraia, Oxford Economic Papers, New Series, 1994, 46 (2): 200-221.

· “Foreign Trade Liberalization and Redeployment in the USSR”, with Gérard Duchêne, Economie Européenne, 1993, 49.

· “ The Break-Up of the Soviet Union”, with Gordon Hughes, Economic Policy, 1992, 15.

Papers published in French refereeing journals

 . « Ambition et Jalousie. la perception du revenu d’autrui dans la vieille Europe, la nouvelle Europe et les Etats-Unis », Revue Economique, 2006, 57(3), 645-653.

· « La place du travail dans l’identité», with H.Garner and D. Méda, Economie et Statistiques, 2006, n° 393-394, 21-40.

· « Le marché du travail russe, entre inertie et flexibilité », with I. Grosfeld et T. Verdier, Revue d’Etudes Comparatives Est-Ouest, 1999, 30 (2-3).

· « Trois enjeux des privatisations à l'Est », with I. Grosfeld, Revue Economique, 1996, 47 (6).

"Peut-on dire que les Français sont malheureux?", forthcoming in CEPREMAP, Economiques, 2, Albin Michel.

"Transition économique et transition politique", Histoire et liberté, 2009, 39, 29-45.

· "La croissance rend-elle heureux?”, avec Andrew Clark, in Daniel Cohen et Philippe Askenazy eds, Economiques, 1, Albin Michel, 2008.

· « Comment mesurer le bien-être ? », Actes du colloque « Un bilan de la réalité sociale : Quels enjeux de société communs aux Européens ? Quelles réalités sociales spécifiques à la France? » Centre d’Analyse Stratégique, 29 octobre 2007, 2007.

· « La conciliation vie familiale-vie professionnelle : les leçons des enquêtes auprès des ménages », avec Hélène Garner et Dominique Méda, Revue Travail et Emploi, n°102, 2005.

· Review of B.M.S. van Praag and A. Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Happiness Quantified. A Satisfaction Calculus Approach, Oxford University Press, New York, USA (2004) Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 59 (1), 2006, Pages 147-151.

Scientific, administrative & editorial responsibilities

Organiser of the "Economics and Psychology" weekly seminar, at the paris School of Economics, with Guillaume Hollard, Sacha Bourgeois Gironde and Louis Levy-Garboua.

· « Wages and Justice »: design of a survey of the French population, with Christian Baudelot, Michel Gollac, Jérome Gautié and Olivier Godechot, funding from the Agence Nationale pour la Recherche (National Agency for Research).

. Member of the Council of PSE (Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques).

· Responsible of the CEPREMAP program « Public Policy and Redistribution » (with Karine van der Straeten and Brigitte Dormont).

· President of the scientific committee for economics (Commission de spécialistes 5è et 6è sections) of the University Paris-Sorbonne.

· Responsible for Economics in the Department L.E.A. of the University Paris-Sorbonne.

Teaching this year (I am on secondement at the IUF)

· “ Health, Income and Well-Being" , M2 in Master “Analyse et politique économiques” , EHESS, Paris School of Economics. With Pierre-Yves Geoffard.

  "Introduction à l'analyse économique", L1, Université Paris-Sorbonne Abu Dhabi: Première partie, Deuxième partie, Troisième partie

PhD under my supervision

. Fontaine-Carrion Xavier, "Growth and Subjective Well-Being", APE, EHESS, Paris School of Economics, PhD work in progress.

· Stichnoth Holger, "mmigration, relative income and redistribution", APE, EHESS, Paris School of Economics, PhD work in progress.

· Loizillon Anaïs, « Immigration and regional labour markets », APE, EHESS, Paris School of Economics, PhD work in progress.

Master students under my supervision this year

Murard Elie, "Migration and Self-Selection", APE, EHESS, Paris School of Economics.

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Education

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