Research
Fields of interest:
*Discrimination: the integration of Muslim immigrants into Western societies.
*Weather-induced internal migrations: their impact on labor market outcomes in agriculturally-dependent countries.
*Social capital: its relationship with voting behaviors.
*Educational quality: its determinants in developing countries.
Books:
Privatisation in Sub-Saharan Africa: where do we stand, 2004, with Jean-Claude Berthélemy, Céline Kauffman and Lucia Wegner, OECD Publishing (also available in French: Privatisation en Afrique subsaharienne: un état de lieux). Book reviews: here.
Peer-reviewed articles
*Voting for redistribution under desert-sensitive altruism, 2010, with Roland I. Luttens, forthcoming in the Scandinavian Journal of Economics.
*Identifying barriers to Muslim integration in France, 2010, with Claire L. Adida and David D. Laitin, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107(52), 384-390. Media coverage: here.
*Le vote éthique, une réponse efficace aux conflits ethniques ? Le cas de l’Éthiopie, 2007, Revue Économique 58(3), 757-766.
Working papers
*“One Muslim is enough!” Evidence from a field experiment in France, with Claire L. Adida and David D. Laitin. Media coverage: here.
*Gender, economic development and Islam: a perspective from France, with Claire L. Adida and David D. Laitin.
*“One Muslim is enough!” Evidence from a field experiment in France, with Claire L. Adida and David D. Laitin. Media coverage: here.
*The effect of weather induced internal migration on local labor markets. Evidence from Uganda, with Eric Strobl.
*Does teacher misconduct prevent students from learning? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa, with Maria Kuecken.
Work in progress
*Which policies are related to a better integration of Muslim immigrants in Europe?, with Claire L. Adida, Jordan Limoges and David D. Laitin.
*Social capital and the support for nation-building policies. Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa.
Reports
In the media
Columns in print or online media:
"Discriminazioni sul lavoro tra genere et religione", with Claire Adida and David Laitin, Lavoce.info, May 8, 2012.
"Do the French discriminate against Muslims because of gender norms?", with Claire Adida and David Laitin, The Monkey Cage, May 1, 2012.
"L'intégration économique des Français d'origine musulmane" (Zoom), CES Newsletter n°10, March 2011, page 3-5: here.
Interviews for print or online media:
Interview for The Independent (UK) (November 23, 2010): here.
"Appartenance religieuse et accès à l'emploi", Toutes les France, France Ô (April 19, 2010): here