Education
Ph.D. Economics University of Montreal 2012
M.A. Statistics and Economics ENSEA - Abidjan 2007
B.A. Economics Université d'Abomey - Calavi 2003
B.A. Statistics Institut National d'Economie (Bénin) 2002
Fields
Microeconomics, Applied mathematics for economics, Statistics and applied econometrics
Current position
October 2015 – Assistant Professor of economics and applied statistics at l’Ecole Nationale de Statistique, de Planification et de Démographie (ENSPD), University of Parakou Benin.
Professional Experience
Postdoctoral researcher Agrocampus - Ouest, September 2012 - August 2014.
Lecturer Department of Economics, University of Montreal, 2010 - 2012.
Teaching Assistant Department of Economics, University of Montreal, 2009 -2010.
Research Assistant Institute of Applied Economics, HEC Montreal, 2011.
Internship APREL, Women contribution in informal economy, Burkina-Faso, 2006.
Publications
[1] Strategic Exploitation with Learning and Heterogeneous Beliefs, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 67, March 2014, 126 – 140.
[2] Agricultural Marketing Cooperatives with Direct Selling: A Cooperative non Cooperative Game, with D. Rousselière and J. Salanié, Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, 109, 2015, 56 – 71.
[3] A Perpetual Search for Talents across Overlapping Generations: A Learning Process, Mathematical Social Sciences, 76, 2015, 131 – 145.
[4] Gold Exploitation and Socioeconomic Outcomes: The Case of Burkina Faso, with A. Zabsonré and J. Somé, World Development, 109, 2018, 206 – 221.
[5] The Multi-Level Marketing As a Two-sided Market, Annales des Lettres et Sciences Sociales, Université de Parakou, 1, 2018, 147 – 166.
[6] Professionalization of Program Evaluation in Africa: An Imperative for Effectiveness and Accountability for Public Policy, with M. Agonnoudé, D. Houéto, S. Zannou, L. Behanzin and C. Houéhanou, Central African Journal of Public Health, 7, 189 – 192.
[7] Colonial and Socio-economic History and HIV Prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa: a Multi-level Model Analysis, with A. Zabsonré, Economics Bulletin, 41, 2021, 2173 – 2187.
[8] International Transfer to Reduce Global Inequality and Transboundary Pollution, with J. Kakeu, Energy Economics, 114, 2022, 106286.
[9] Early marriage and early childbearing in West Africa: Does ethnicity matter?, with A. Zabsonré, Economics Bulletin, 43, 2023.
[10] Why and how a well-intended (local) government can hide information from citizens for their own good: The case of public goods provision in less
developed areas, with A. Zabsonré, Economics Bulletin, 43, 2023.
[11] Conséquences socio-économiques de la maternité précoce dans les pays en développement: Résultats à partir des Enquêtes Démographiques et de
Santé, with A. Zabsonré, Revue d'Economie du Développement, 33, 2023, 111 –137.
BOOKS
[1] Tchaourou, une commune béninoise: Enquêtes sur la population, les activités économiques, la scolarisation et la santé de la reproduction, édition
science et bien commun, 2018, with M. Amadou Sanni and J. Alladatin.
Referee Activities
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Economic Theory, the Journal of Development Studies, African Development Review, Mineral Economics
Presentations in conferences
"Mobile Phones for Communication and Mobile Money Adoption in Burkina Faso : A Direct and Indirect Network Effects Analysis", Economic Development in Africa Workshop, Accra (Ghana), du 28 au 30 novembre 2022.
"Mobile Phones for Communication and Mobile Money Adoption in Burkina Faso: A Direct and Indirect Network Effects Analysis", 3ème edition des Journées Scientifiques en Sciences Economiques et de Gestion, Université de Parakou, Parakou (Bénin), du 8 au 11 novembre 2022.
“Identifying the effect of Performance-Based Funding in Heath System when there is no Control Group: the Case of Health Care Facilities in North Benin”, January 2021, Journées Scientifiques Internationales de Sciences Economiques et de Gestion, University of Parakou, 2nd edition, Benin.
“Local public goods provision with congestion: is Nash equilibrium efficient?”, November 2018, International conferences of the University of Parakou, 4th edition, Benin.
“A paradox about the multi-level marketing”, September 2017, 2nd Conference of University of Kara, Togo.
“How does gold exploitation affect income disparities across regions and Population Groups? Evidence from Burkina Faso”, February 2016, Department of economics, Laval University, Quebec, Canada
“How does gold exploitation affect income disparities across regions and Population Groups? Evidence from Burkina Faso, 2nd conference of University of Parakou, November 2015.
“Can Reducing Inequality Aggravate the Pollution Stock Problem?”, November 2014, UAC, Abomey-Calavi, Benin.
“Agricultural Marketing Cooperatives with Direct Selling: A Cooperative non Cooperative Game”, November 2013, INRA Rennes, France.
“Agricultural Marketing Cooperatives with Direct Selling: A Cooperative non Cooperative Game”, 7th Annual SFER Conference, Angers 2013, France
“Strategic Exploitation with Learning and Heterogeneous Beliefs”, 20th Annual Conference of the EAERE, Toulouse 2013, France
“A Paradox about the Multi-Level Marketing”, GRANEM seminar, January 2013, Angers, France
“Price Discrimination with Congestible Network”, International CIREQ Ph.D. students Conference, Montreal, June 2012
“A Perpetual Search for Talents across Overlapping Generations: A Learning Process”, 45th Annual Conference of the
Canadian Economics Association, June 2011, Ottawa, Canada
“A Paradox about the Multi-Level Marketing”, International CIREQ Ph-D students Conference, June 2011, Montreal,
Canada
“A Perpetual Search for Talents across Overlapping Generations: A Learning Process”, 51th Annual Conference of the
Société Canadienne de Science Economique, May 2011, Sherbrooke, Canada
“Strategic Exploitation with Learning and Heterogeneous Beliefs”, Montreal Natural Resources and Environmental
Economics Workshop, Winter 2011, Montreal, Canada
Languages French, English.
Software Stata, Matlab, SPSS, R, SPAD