Most of the papers referenced here are available as "IZA discussion paper", which you can find here
Development Economics
1. Aminjonov, U., Bargain, O. and M. Colacce (2026): “Global comparison of child poverty and gender inequality based on resource sharing estimates”, forthcoming World Bank Economic Review (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
2. Bargain, O., X. H. Jara & D.G. Rivera (2026): Social gaps, perceived inequality and protests: evidence from Chile, World Development 199, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.107248 (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
3. Bargain, O., Rose C. Vincent, E. Caldeira (2025). Shine a (night)light: decentralization and economic development in Burkina Faso, forthcoming World Development (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
4. Bargain, O., M. Lo Bue (2024): “The Economic Gains of closing the Employment Gender Gap: Evidence from Morocco.”, forthcoming in Feminist Economics (CNRS: 3, AERES: B)
5. Bargain, O., P. Kwenda, E. El Badaoui, E. Strobl and F. Walsh (2024): “Informality, self-employment and heterogeneous managerial ability: A model for developing countries”, Journal of International Development 36/2, 1293-1323 (CNRS: 3, AERES: B)
6. Bargain, O. (2024): “Income Sources, Intra-household Allocation and Individual Poverty”, Review of Income and Wealth, 70/2, 291-319 (CNRS: 2, AERES: A)
7. Aminjonov, U., Bargain, O. & T. Bernard (2023): “Gimme shelter. Social distancing and income support in times of pandemic”, European Economic Review, 157, 1-13 (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
8. Aminjonov, U., O. Bargain, M. Colacce and L. Tiberti (2023): “Culture, Intra-household Distribution and Individual Poverty”, Economic Development and Cultural Change 73/1, 127-165 (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
9. Bargain, O., G. Lacroix and L. Tiberti (2021): “Validating the collective model using direct sharing evidence”, Economic Journal, 132, 643, 865–905 (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
10. Bargain, O. H.X. Jara. P. Kwenda and M. Benhura (2021): “Learning from the “best”: The impact of tax-benefit systems in Africa”, Journal of African Economies 30(4), 367–403 (CNRS: 2, AERES: A)
11. Bargain, O. and D. Boutin (2021): “Minimum Age Regulation and Child Labor: New Evidence from Brazil”, World Bank Economic Review, 35, 1 234-260 (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
12. Aminjonov, U. and Bargain, O. (2021): “Poverty and Work Mobility in Latin America and Africa in Times of COVID-19”, World Development, 142, 105422 (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
13. Bargain, O., D. Boutin and H. Champeaux (2019): “Intra-household bargaining power after the Egyptian Arab Spring”, Journal of Development Economics, 141, C, 102379 (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
14. Bargain, O., X. Jara and D. Rodriguez (2017): “Learning from your neighbour: Tax-benefit systems swaps in Latin America”, Journal of Economic Inequality 15(4), 369–392 (CNRS: 3, AERES: B)
15. Bargain, O. P. Kwenda and M. Benhura (2017): “Gender Bias and the Intrahousehold Distribution of Resources: Evidence from African Nuclear Households in South Africa”, Journal of African Economies 26(4), 439–476 (CNRS: 2, AERES: A)
16. Bargain, O. and J. Zeidan (2016): “Stature, skills and life outcome: Evidence from Indonesia”, forthcoming in Journal of Development Studies 52(8), 1041–1058 (CNRS: 2, AERES: A)
17. Bargain, O., O. Donni and P. Kwenda (2015): “Intrahousehold distribution and child poverty: Theory and evidence from Cote d’Ivoire”, Journal of Development Economics, 107, 262–276 (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
18. Bargain, O. and D. Boutin (2015): “Remittance effects on child labor: Evidence from Burkina Faso”, Journal of Development Studies, 51/7, 922–938 (CNRS: 2, AERES: A)
19. Bargain, O. and P. Kwenda (2014): “The informal sector wage gap in Brazil, Mexico and South Africa: new evidence using panel data”, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 63(1), 117-153 (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
Labor & Public Economics
20. Bargain, O., N. Hérault and D. Nettle (2026): “Job Loss and Mental Health: The Role of Anticipation and Re-employment in Recovery Patterns”, Social Science and Medicine, forthcoming (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
21. Bargain, O., M. Lo Bue and F. Palmisano (2021): “A dynastic measure of intergenerational mobility”, forthcoming in Journal of Economic Inequality (CNRS: 3, AERES: A)
22. Bargain, O., A. Etienne and B. Melly (2024): “The public pay gap in France: new evidence using panel data”, forthcoming in the Economic Journal (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
23. Bargain, O. and A. Jonassen (2024): “New Evidence on Welfare’s Disincentive for the Youth Using Administrative Panel Data”, Review of Economics and Statistics, 106 (3): 655–670 (CNRS: 1, AERES: A) https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01191
24. Akay, A., O. Bargain and X. Jara Tamayo (2023): “Experienced versus decision utility: large-scale comparison for income–leisure preferences”, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 125/4, 823-859 (CNRS: 2, AERES: A) https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12538
25. Bargain, O., V. Stephane and J. Valette (2022): “Another Brick in the Wall. Immigration and Electoral Preferences: Direct Evidence from State Ballots”, Review of International Economics 30/5 (special issue: Immigration to OECD countries), 1452-1477 (CNRS: 2, AERES: A) https://doi.org/10.1111/roie.12606
26. Bargain, O., A. Etienne and B. Melly (2021): “Informal Wage Gaps in Good and Bad Times: Evidence from Russia”, Journal of Comparative Economics, 49/3, 693-714 (CNRS: 1, AERES: A) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2021.02.002
27. Bargain, O. and U. Aminjonov (2020): “Trust and Compliance to Public Health Policies in Times of COVID-19”, Journal of Public Economics, 192, 1-13 (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
28. Akay, A., O. Bargain and X. Jara Tamayo (2019): “Fair welfare analysis with preference heterogeneity: subjective versus revealed preferences”, Social Choice and Welfare, 55(1), 51-84 (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
29. Akay, A., O. Bargain and A. Elsayed (2020): “Global Terror, Well-Being and Political Attitudes”, European Economic Review, 123, 1-16 (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
30. Bargain, O. and J. Zeidan (2019): “The direct effect of obesity on emotional well-being: Evidence from Mexico”, Health Economics 28 (4), 447-460 (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
31. Bargain, O, K. Doorley and P. van Kerm (2018): “The effect of the minimum wage on the gender wage gap in the UK and Ireland”, Review of Income and Wealth (CNRS: 2, AERES: A)
32. Bargain, O. (2017): “Welfare analysis and redistributive policies”, Journal of Economic Inequality, (CNRS: 3, AERES: B)
33. Akay, A., Bargain, O. and K. Zimmermann (2017): “Home sweet home? Macroeconomic Conditions in Home Countries and the Well-Being of Migrants”, Journal of Human Resources, 52, 2, 351-373 (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
34. Bargain, O. and K. Doorley (2017): “The Effect of Social Benefits on Youth Employment: Combining Regression Discontinuity and a Behavioral Model”, Journal of Human Resources, 52(4), 1032-1059 (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
35. Bargain, O., T. Callan, K. Doorley and C. Keane (2016): “Changes in income distribution during the great recession and the role of tax-benefit policy: an International Perspective”, Fiscal Studies (CNRS: 3, AERES: B)
36. Akay, A., O. Bargain, C. Giulietti, J. Robalino & K. Zimmermann (2016): “Remittances and Relative Concerns in Rural China”, China Economic Review, 37(C), 191-207 (CNRS: 2, AERES: A)
37. Bargain, O., and A. Peichl (2016): “Steady-State Labor Supply Elasticities: An International Comparison”, IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 5,10, 1-31
38. Bargain, O., M. Dolls, H. Immervoll, A. Peichl, D. Neumann, S. Siegloch (2015): “Tax policy and income inequality in the U.S., 1978-2007”, Economic Inquiry, 2015, 53 (2), 1061-1085 (CNRS: 2, AERES: A)
39. Bargain, O., K. Orsini and A. Peichl (2014): “Labour supply elasticities: A complete characterization for Europe and the US”, Journal of Human Resources, 49(3),723-838 (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
40. Bargain, O., M Dolls, C. Fuest, D. Neumann, N. Pestel, A. Peichl, S. Siegloch (2013): “Fiscal Union in Europe? Efficiency, Equity and Stabilizing Effects of an EU wide income tax », Economic Policy, 1-48 (CNRS: 2, AERES: A)
41. Bargain, O., M. Dolls, A. Peichl, D. Neumann, S. Siegloch (2013): “Tax-Benefit Revealed Social Preferences in Europe and the US”, Annales of Economics and Statistiques, 113/114 (CNRS: 2, AERES: A)
42. Bargain, O., A. Decoster, M. Dolls, A. Peichl, D. Neumann, S. Siegloch (2013): “Welfare, heterogeneity and responsibility: Evidence from Europe’’, Social Choice and Welfare, 41(4), 789-817 (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
43. Bargain, O., M. Dolls, A. Peichl, D. Neumann, S. Siegloch (2013): “Comparing inequality aversion across countries when labor supply responses differ”, International Tax and Public Finance, 21, 845–873 (CNRS: 2, AERES: A)
44. Bargain, O., H. Immervoll and H. Vittamaki (2012): “No Claim, No Pain. Measuring the Non-Take-up of Social Assistance”, Journal of Economic Inequality, 10 (3), 375-395 (CNRS: 3, AERES: B)
45. Bargain, O. (2012): “Decomposition analysis of distributive policies using behavioural simulations”, International Tax and Public Finance, 19(5), 708-731 (CNRS: 2, AERES: A)
46. Akay, A., Bargain, O. and K. F. Zimmermann (2012): “Relative Concerns of Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China”, Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, 81, 421– 441 (CNRS: 2, AERES: A)
47. Bargain, O. (2012): “The distributional effects of tax-benefit policies under New Labour: A Shapley decomposition”, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 74(6), 856-874 (CNRS: 2, AERES: A)
48. Bargain, O., H. Immervoll, A. Peichl, and S. Siegloch (2011): “'Distributional consequences of labor-demand shocks: the 2008–2009 recession in Germany”, International Tax and Public Finance, 19(1), 118-138 (CNRS: 2, AERES: A)
49. Bargain, O. and K. Doorley (2011): “Caught in the trap? Welfare’s disincentive and the labor supply of single men”, Journal of Public Economics, vol. 95(9-10), 1096-1110 (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
50. Bargain, O. and K. Doorley (2011): “In-work transfers for good and bad days. Simulations for Ireland”, Research in Labor Economics, 33, ch. 9, 307-339
51. Bargain, O. and C. Keane (2011): “Tax-Revealed Redistributive Preferences over Time: Ireland 1987-2005”, Labour : Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, 24, 141–167 (CNRS: 3, AERES: B)
52. Bargain, O. and P. Kwenda (2011): “Earnings structures, informal employment and self-employment: new evidence from Brazil, Mexico & South Africa”, Review of Income and Wealth, 57, S100-S122 (CNRS: 2, AERES: A)
53. Bargain, O., M. Caliendo, P. Haan and K. Orsini (2010): “`Making Work Pay' in a Rationed Labour Market”, Journal of Population Economics, 23(1), 323-351 (CNRS: 2, AERES: A)
54. Bargain, O. (2009): “Flexible labour supply models”, Economics Letters, 105, 103-105 (CNRS: 3, AERES: B)
55. Bargain, O., S. Bhaumik, M. Chakrabarty and Z. Zhao (2009): “Earnings differences between Chinese and Indian wage earners, 1987-2004”, Review of Income and Wealth, 55, 562-587 (CNRS: 2, AERES: A)
56. Bargain, O. and T. Callan (2008): “Effects of Tax-benefit Changes on Inequality Trends in Europe: A Decomposition Approach”, Journal of Economic Inequality, 8(1), 1-22. (CNRS: 3, AERES:B)
57. Bargain, O. and K. Osini (2005): “In-work policies in Europe: Killing two birds with one stone?’’, Labour Economics, 13, 667-697 (CNRS: 2, AERES: A)
58. Bargain, O. and K. Osini (2005): “Beans for breakfast? How exportable is the British workfare model?”, Research in Labor Economics, vol. 25, 165-198
Household Economics
59. Bargain, O., D. Echevin, A. Etienne, N. Moreau (2022): “A Direct Test of (In)efficiency within Couples : Tax Optimization in French cohabiting couples”, National Tax Journal 75, 2 (CNRS: 2, AERES: A) http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/719427
60. Bargain, O., O. Donni and I. Hentati (2022): “Resource Sharing in Households with Children: A Generalized Model and Empirical Evidence from the UK”, Journal of the European Economic Association, 20, 6, 2468–2496 (CNRS: 1, AERES: A) https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvac033
61. Bargain, O. and L. Martinoty (2018): “Crisis at home? Effect of the Mancession on intrahousehold distribution”, Journal of Population Economics, 32(1), 277-308 (CNRS: 2, AERES: A)
62. Bargain, O. and O. Donni (2014): “Optimal commodity taxation and intrahousehold targeting”, Economica, 81, 48-62 (CNRS: 2, AERES: A)
63. Bargain, O. and O. Donni (2012): “Targeting and child poverty” (previous title: “Indirect taxation, targeting and child poverty”), Social Choice and Welfare, 39(4) 783-808 (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
64. Bargain, O. and O. Donni (2012): “The Measurement of Child Costs: A Rothbarth-Type Method Consistent with Scale Economies and Parents' Bargaining”, European Economic Review, 56 (4), 792-813 (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
65. Bargain, O. and N. Moreau (2012): “The impact of tax-benefit reforms on labour supply in a simulated Nash-bargaining framework”, Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 34(1), 77-86 (AERES: sociology-demography)
66. Bargain, O, L. Gonzalez, C. Keane, B. Özcan (2012): “Female labor supply and divorce: new evidence from Ireland”, European Economic Review, 56(8), 1675–1691 (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
67. Bargain, O., O. Donni and M. Gbakou (2010): “The Measurement of Child Costs: Evidence from Ireland”, Economic and Social Review, 41, 1-20
68. Bargain, O. and N. Moreau (2007): “Does taxation affect intra-household distribution? A Simulation Approach”, Research on Economic Inequality, vol. 15 (Y. Amiel and J. Bishop, eds.)
69. Bargain, O. (2006): “Normative evaluation of tax policies: from households to individuals”, Journal of Population Economics, 12(4), 503-521 (CNRS: 2, AERES: A)
70. Bargain, O. et al. (2004): “Does the representation of household behaviour matter for welfare analysis of tax-benefit policies? An introduction”, Review of Economics of the Household, 4, 96-112 (CNRS: 3, AERES: B)
71. Vermeulen et al. (2004): “Collective models of labor supply with non-convex budget sets and non-participation: a calibration approach”, Review of Economics of the Household, 4, 113-127 (CNRS: 3, AERES: B)
72. Myck et al. (2004): “The Working Families' Tax Credit and some European tax reforms in a collective setting”, Review of Economics of the Household, 4, 129-158 (CNRS: 3, AERES: B)
73. Beninger et al. (2004): “Evaluating the move to a linear tax system in Germany and other European countries”, Review of Economics of the Household, 4, 159-180 (CNRS: 3, AERES: B)
International & agricultural Economics
74. Bargain, O. (2023): “Globalization and Cultural Spillover in Trade: Evidence from the Japanese Food Culture”, forthcoming the Review of World Economy (CNRS: 2, AERES: A)
75. Bargain, O., J.M. Cardebat and R. Chiappini (2022): “Trade Uncorked: Genetic Resistance and Quality Heterogeneity in Wine Exports”, forthcoming, American Journal of Agricultural Economics (CNRS: 1, AERES: A)
76. Bargain, O., J.M.Cardebat and A. Vignolles (2016): “Crowdfunding in wine: a super en primeur market?” Journal of Wine Economics (CNRS: 3, AERES: B)
77. Bargain, O., J.M.Cardebat and R. Chiappini (2018): “International Wine Trade: A Prospective Approach based on Porter’s Diamond”, Journal of Wine Economics (CNRS: 3, AERES: B)
78. Bargain, O. (2019): “Go East: the determinant of French wine exports to China”, Journal of Wine Economics (CNRS: 3, AERES: B)
Non-English publications
79. AitBihiOuali, L. and Bargain, O. (2021): “Le Travail Dissimulé en France”, Economie et Statistiques No 526-527 (CNRS: 3, AERES: B) doi:10.24187/ecostat.2021.526d.2053
80. Bargain, O. (2018) : “Incitations socio-fiscales à l’emploi : un point d’étape”, Economie et Statistiques (CNRS: 3, AERES: B)
81. Bargain, O., A. Pacifico, A. Trannoy (2016) : “Fiscalité des familles aisés : vers un crédit d’impôt par enfant“, Revue Française de Finances Publiques, 133 (AERES: droit)
82. Bargain, O. (2015) : “Que peut‐on attendre de la Prime d’activité ?“, Revue Française de Finances Publiques (AERES: droit)
83. Bargain, O., and A. Vicard (2013): “L’impact du RMI/RSA sur l’emploi des jeunes: Etude de la discontinuité à 25 ans’’, Economie et Statistiques (CNRS: 3, AERES: B)
84. Bargain, O., and A. Vicard (2012): “Le RMI puis le RSA découragent-ils certains jeunes de travailler ? », Insee Analyses, n° X, june 2012
85. Bargain, O., M. Myck, L. Socha and L. Morawski (2007): “As SIMPL as that: introducing a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Poland’’, published as ‘Model podatkowo-Å›wiadczeniowy dla Polski - SIMPL2003’ in Wiadomosci Statystyczne, the Journal of the Polish Statistical Society, 2008-04
86. Bargain, O. and N. Moreau (2006) : “Effets d'une réforme fiscale sur l'offre de travail des ménages dans un cadre collectif simulé’’, Actualité Economique, 82, 1-2 (CNRS : 4, AERES: C)
87. Bargain, O. and I. Terraz (2003) : “Evaluation des effets incitatifs et redistributifs de la Prime pour l'Emploi et de ses alternatives’’, Economie et Prévision, 160/161, 121-149 (CNRS: 3, AERES: B)
88. Bargain, O. (2004) : “Aides au retour à l’emploi et activité des femmes en couple’’, Revue de l’OFCE, 88, 59-87. (CNRS: 4, AERES: C)
Book chapters
89. Bargain, O., H.X. Jara and I. Tasseva (2024): chapter « Automatic stabilization: the missing welfare dimension in Latin America » for the LACIR book (Latin-American Income Redistribution) published by the London School of Economics (F. Ferreira)
90. Bargain, O. and X. Jara (2024): “Top earnings and inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador”, in Cushioning against crises: The role of tax-benefit systems in the developing world, Edited by Maria Jouste, Ravi Kanbur, Jukka Pirttilä, Pia Rattenhuber, Oxford University Press.
91. Bargain, O. (2014): "Decomposing inequality and poverty", Handbook on Microsimulation Modelling, (C. O'Donoghue editor, preface of A. Atkinson) volume 127, pages 107-133, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
92. O'Donoghue et al. (2002): “The impact of means tested assistance in Southern Europe” in V. Atella (ed.) Le Politiche Sociali in Italia ed in Europa Coerenza e Convergenza nelle Azioni 1999-2001. Bologna: il Mulino.
Books or collective issue (as editor and coeditor)
93. Bargain, O. (2025): The Economics of Power and Poverty in the Home (Progress and challenges in measuring and targeting individual well-being within households), submitted to UN-WIDER series at Oxford University Press
94. Bargain, O. (2017, ed.): forewords of “Tax-benefit systems, Income Distribution and Welfare Analysis”, Special issue of the Journal of Economic Inequality in homage to Tony Atkinson, Issue 4/2017
95. Bargain, O. (2006,ed.): “Microsimulation in action: policy analysis in Europe using EUROMOD”, Research in Labor Economics, Vol. 25
96. Bargain, O. and S. Polachek (2005, eds): “Aspects of worker well-being”, Research in Labor Economics, Vol. 26
Non-peer reviewed
97. Bargain, O. & M. Fleurbaey (2020) : Introspection, valeurs et choix de vie au temps de la Covid-19, https://datacovid.org/introspection-valeurs-et-choix-de-vie-face-a-lepidemie/