Working papers and forthcoming publications

Age-specific Income Inequality and Happiness over the Life Cycle (with D. Mayaux and C. Senik). CEPREMAP working paper n°2309. Download 

Slow Down Before You Stop: The Effect of the 2010 French Pension Reform on Older Teachers' Sick Leaves (with D. Fougère and P. Gouëdard). CEPR Discussion Paper 15142. Download

On Investment and Cycles in Explicitly Solved Vintage Capital Models (with J.-P. Drugeon). PSE working paper N° 2020 - 25. Download

Peer-reviewed publications

House Prices and Rents: A Reappraisal (with B. Achou and E. Iliopulos). Macroeconomic Dynamics, to appear. Link or Download

COVID-19 and Mobility: Determinent or Consequence? (with E. Augeraud-Véron, R. Desbordes and D. Coulibaly). Economic Theory 7, 261-282, 2024.  Link or Download

Vaccination under Pessimistic Expectations in Clinical Trials and Immunization Campaigns (with J. Etner and J. Thuilliez). Journal of Public Economic Theory 25(6), 1188-1211, 2023. Link or Download

Health Accidents and Wealth Decline in Old Age (with B. Legendre and N. El Mekkaoui). Social Science and Medicine 332, 116117,  2023. Link or Download

Mortality Inequality in France since the 1920s: Evidence of a Reversal of the Income Gradient in Mortality (with F. Bonnet and J. Thuilliez), PLoS ONE 18(1): e0280272, 2023. Link 

Geopolitical Uncertainty and International Migration to Western Europe (with E. Boubtane and D. Coulibaly). Annals of Economics and Statistics 148, 1-28, 2022. Link or Download

Influenza Mortality in French Regions after the Hong Kong Flu Pandemic (with F. Bonnet and J. Thuilliez). Demographic Research 47(19), 545-576, 2022. Link and download

Inequality within Generations: Evidence from France (with I. Badji). Research in Economics 76(1), 69-83, 2022. Link

Six Ways Population Change Will Affect the Global Economy (with A. Mason, R. Lee et al.). Population and Development Review 48(1), 51-73, 2022.  Link

Taxing Capital and Labor when both Factors are Imperfectly Mobile Internationally (with A. Bénassy-Quéré). International Tax and Public Finance 29, 147-190, 2022. Link or Download

Quantification of the Effects of Climatic Conditions on French Hospital Admissions and Deaths Induced by SARS-CoV-2 (with D. Coulibaly, A. Roumagnac, E. de Carvalho Filho and R. Bertrand). Scientific Reports 11:21812, 2021. Link 

Intergenerational Equity by Educational Attainments in France (with I. Badji). Journal of Population Research 38(4), 339-365, 2021. Link or Download and Policy brief

Income Inequality across French Departments over the Last 100 Years (with F. Bonnet and A. Sotura). Economics and Statistics 526-527, 49–69, 2021.  Link 

The Age U-shape in Europe: The Protective Role of Partnership (with A. Clark and A. Greulich). Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 19, 293-318, 2021. Link or Download

Why Do We Postpone Annuity Purshase? (with A. Kalk). Journal of Mathematical Economics 95, 102500, 2021. Link 

Optimal Prevention and Elimination of Infectious Diseases (with E. Augeraud-Véron). Journal of Mathematical Economics 93, 102487, 2021. Link or Download

Demographic Changes and the Labor Income Share (with E. Boubtane and D. Coulibaly). European Economic Review 131, 103614, 2021. Link or Download

An Experimental Test of the Under-Annuitization Puzzle with Smooth Ambiguity and Charitable Giving (with G. Attanasi and E. Thibault). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 180, 694-717, 2020. Link or Download

Private Asset Income in France: Is there a Breakdown of Intergenerational Equity between 1979 and 2011? (with I. Badji, N. El Mekkaoui, and J. Navaux). Journal of the Economics of Ageing 17, 100137, 2020. Link

Spatial Inequality in Mortality in France over the Past Two Centuries (with F. Bonnet). Population and Development Review 46, 145-168, 2020. Link or Download

Demographics in MENA Countries: A Major Driver for Economic Growth (with Y. Forouheshfar and N. El Mekkaoui). De Economist 168, 183-213, 2020. Link or Download

Intergenerational Inequalities in Mortality-adjusted Disposable Income (with I. Badji), Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 17, 37-69, 2019. Link

Financing the Consumption of Young and Old in France (with C. Bonnet, X. Chojnicki, N. El Mekkaoui, A. Greulich, J. Hubert and J. Navaux). Population and Development Review 45 (1), 103-132, 2019. Link or Download. Data

International Migration and Regional Housing Markets: Evidence from France (with E. Boubtane and D. Coulibaly). International Regional Science Review 42 (2), 147-180, 2019. Link or Download

Immigration and Public Finances in OECD Countries (with E. Boubtane and D. Coulibaly). Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 99, 116-151, 2019. Link Summary or Download

Ambiguous Life Expectancy and the Demand for Annuities (with E. Thibault). Theory and Decision 85 (3-4), 303-319, 2018. Link or Download

Development, Fertility and Childbearing Age: A Unified Growth Theory (with A. Greulich and G. Ponthière). Journal of Economic Theory 177, 461-494, 2018. Link or Download

Macroeconomic Evidence suggests that Asylum Seekers are not a "Burden" for Western European Countries (with E. Boubtane and D. Coulibaly). Science Advances 4 (6): eaaq0883, 2018. Link, op-ed and Press coverage

Inequality in Life Expectancy and the Global Welfare Convergence (with F. Bonnet). Economics Letters 168, 49-51, 2018. Link or Download

Illiquid Life Annuities (with J. Etner). Journal of Public Economic Theory 20 (2), 277-297, 2018. Link 

Malaria and Education: Evidence from Mali (with J. Thuilliez, H. Niangaly and O. Doumbo). Journal of African Economies 26 (4), 443-469, 2017. Link or Download. Press: L'Obs

Having a Second Child and Access to Childcare: Evidence from European Countries (with P. Gobbi and A. Greulich). Journal of Demographic Economics 83 (2), 177-210, 2017. Link or Download

Intergenerational Inequalities in Standards of Living in France (with I. Badji). Economics and Statistics 491-492, 71-92, 2017. Link. DATAandCODE.

Lifecycle Deficit in France: An Assessment for the Period 1979-2011 (with C. Bonnet, J. Navaux, J. Pelletan and F.-C. Wolff). Economics and Statistics 491-492, 47-70, 2017. Link. Data

Education, Labor, and the Demographic Consequences of Births Postponement in Europe (with A. Greulich and G. Ponthière). Demographic Research 36, 691-728, 2017. Link or Download

Education, Lifetime Labor Supply, and Longevity Improvements (with A. Prskawetz and M. Sánchez-Romero). Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 73, 118-141, 2016. Link or Download

Immigration Policy and Macroeconomic Performance in France (with E. Boubtane and D. Coulibaly). Annals of Economics and Statistics 121-122, 279-308, 2016. Link or Download. Video

Generational Economics and the National Transfer Accounts (with D. Moosa). Journal of Demographic Economics 81, 409-441, 2015. Link or Download

Characteristics of Migration Flows to France based on Residence Permit Data (1998-2013) (with E. Boubtane). Population 70 (3), 487-523, 2015. Link

The Lifecycle Deficit for France, 1979-2005 (with C. Bonnet, J. Navaux, J. Pelletan, H. Toubon and F.-C. Wolff). Journal of the Economics of Ageing 5, 79-85, 2015. Link or Download

Local Determinacy of Prices in an Overlapping Generations Model with Continuous Trading (with E. Augeraud-Véron and H. J. Hupkes). Journal of Mathematical Economics 58, 16-24, 2015. Link or Download

Is Low Fertility Really a Problem? Population Aging, Dependency, and Consumption (with R. Lee, A. Mason et al.). Science 346 (6206), 229-234, 2014. Link

Persistent Differences in Mortality Patterns across Industrialized Countries (with L. J. Esso and H. Pifarré i Arolas). PLoS ONE 9 (9): e106176, 2014. Link or Download

Stability and Determinacy Conditions for Mixed-type Functional Differential Equations (with E. Augeraud-Véron and H. J. Hupkes). Journal of Mathematical Economics 53, 119-129, 2014. Link or Download

Bounded Interest Rate Feedback Rules in Continuous-time (with E. Augeraud-Véron and H. J. Hupkes). Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 39, 227-236, 2014. Link or Download

Multiple Solutions in Systems of Functional Differential Equations (with E. Augeraud-Véron and H. J. Hupkes). Journal of Mathematical Economics 52, 50-56, 2014. Link or Download

Collateral Constraints and Rental Markets (with E. Iliopulos). Economics Letters 121 (3), 436-439, 2013. Link or Download

Age Groups and the Measure of Population Aging (with F. Collard). Demographic Research 29 (23), 617-640, 2013. Link or Download; Matlab Codes

Frequency of Trade and the Determinacy of Equilibrium in Economies of Overlapping Generations (with E. Augeraud-Véron). International Journal of Economic Theory 9 (1), 85-100, 2013. Link or Download

Business Cycle Fluctuations and Learning-by-doing Externalities in a One-sector Model (with E. Augeraud-Véron and A. Venditti). Journal of Mathematical Economics 48 (5), 295-308, 2012. Link or Download

Discontinuous Initial Value Problems for Functional Differential-algebraic Equations of Mixed Type (with E. Augeraud-Véron and H. J. Hupkes). Journal of Differential Equations 253 (7), 1959-2024, 2012. Download

The Dispersion of Age Differences between Partners and the Asymptotic Dynamics of the HIV Epidemic (with E. Augeraud-Véron, E. Djemaï and A. Ducrot). Journal of Biological Dynamics 6 (2), 695-717, 2012.Download

Missing Daughters, Missing Brides? (with D. de la Croix). Economics Letters 116 (3), 358-360, 2012. Download

Mortality Transition and Differential Incentives for Early Retirement (with S. P. Lau and M. Sánchez-Romero). Journal of Economic Theory 147 (1), 261-283, 2012. Download

Optimal Annuitization, Uncertain Survival Probabilities, and Maxmin Preferences (with E. Thibault). Economics Letters 115 (2), 296-299, 2012. Download

Continuous-time Overlapping Generations Models (with E. Augeraud-Véron). In R. Boucekkine, N. Hritonenko and Y. Yatsenko (Eds): Optimal Control of Age-structured Population in Economy, Demography, and the Environment. Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics, Taylor and Francis, 45-69, 2011. Link  Download

Demographic-economic Equilibria when the Age at Motherhood is Endogenous (with E. Augeraud-Véron and K. Schubert). Journal of Mathematical Economics 46 (6), 1211-1221, 2010. Download

Fair Intergenerational Sharing of a Natural Resource (with S. Ambec). Mathematical Social Sciences 59 (2), 170-183, 2010. Download

Annuities, Bequest and Portfolio Diversification (with E. Thibault). Journal of Public Economic Theory 12 (1), 75-91, 2010. Download

Parental Altruism, Lifetime Expectancy, and Dynamically Inefficient Equilibria (with B. Decreuse). Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 33 (11), 1897-1911, 2009. Download

Competitive Growth in a Life-cycle Model: Existence and Dynamics (with E. Augeraud-Véron). International Economic Review 50 (2), 459-484, 2009. Download

Endogenous Retirement and Monetary Cycles (with E. Augeraud-Véron). Mathematical Population Studies 15 (4), 214-229, 2008. Download

Existence of Solutions in Continuous-time Optimal Growth Models (with P. Gourdel and C. Le Van). Economic Theory 37 (2), 321-333, 2008. Download

Demographic Structure and Capital Accumulation. Journal of Economic Theory 132 (1), 411-434, 2007. Download

Balanced Cycles in an OLG Model with a Continuum of Finitely-lived Individuals (with E. Augeraud-Véron). Economic Theory 30 (1), 181-186, 2007. Download

Existence of a Competitive Equilibrium in the Lucas (1988) Model without Physical Capital (with C. Le Van). Journal of Mathematical Economics 42 (1), 46-55, 2006. Download

Other publications

Recent Demographic Trends in France: Do Men and Women Behave Differently ? (with D. Breton, N. Belliot, M. Barbieri, and J. Chaput) Population 78 (3), 325-388, 2023. Link

The Employment of Older Workers. In Bloom, D., Souza-Posa, A., Sunde, U. (eds.) The Routledge Handook of the Economics of Ageing, Routledge, 2023. Link 

Recent Demographic Trends in France: Ongoing Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic at Both Regional and National Levels (with D. Breton, N. Belliot, M. Barbieri, and M. Mazuy). Population 77 (4), 503-583, 2022. Link

Older Mothers' Employment and Marriage Stability when the Nest is Empty (with K. Doorley and E. Stancanelli). In Molina, J. (ed.) Mothers in the Labor Market. Springer, 2022. Link or Download

A Future Agenda for Migration Studies (with R. Pozzo, E. Boubtane, R. Greco Tonegutti, and C. Paravati). In Scholten, P. (ed.) Introduction to Migration Studies. Springer, 2022. Link 

Recent Demographic Trends in France: The Disruptive Impact of COVID-19 on French Population Dynamics: Fewer Births and Marriages, a Downturn in Migration, More Deaths… (with D. Breton, N. Belliot, M. Barbieri, and M. Mazuy). Population 76 (4), 537-594, 2021. Link

Recent Demographic Trends in France: Situations and Behaviors of Minors? (with D. Breton, N. Belliot, M. Barbieri, and M. Mazuy). Population 75 (4), 467-526, 2020. Link

Macroeconomic Consequences of International Migration for OECD Countries (with E. Boubtane). In: Vella, E., Caballé, J., Llull, J. (eds.) Understanding Migration with Macroeconomics. Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. Link

Two Centuries of Changes in Spatial Inequality of Mortality in France (with F. Bonnet). N-IUSSP, April 2020. Link

Social Security: History and Operations. In: Gu D., Dupre M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham, 2020. Link

Recent Demographic Trends in France: A European Outlier? (with D. Breton, N. Belliot, M. Barbieri, and M. Mazuy). Population 74 (4), 381-464, 2019. Link

Recent Demographic Developments in France: Seasonnal Patterns of Births, Deaths, Unions and Migration (with D. Breton, M. Barbieri and M. Mazuy). Population 73 (4), 591-658, 2018. Link

Admission to France of Asylum Seekers since 2000 (with E. Boubtane). Population and Societies n°552, February 2018. Link

Recent Demographic Developments in France: Marked Differences between Départements (with D. Breton, M. Barbieri and M. Mazuy). Population 72 (4), 557-623, 2017. Link

First Birth Postponement and Fertility in Europe (with A. Greulich and G. Ponthière). N-IUSSP, April 2017. Link  

Recent Demographic Developments in France: A Decline in Fertility, an Increase in Mortality (with M. Mazuy, M. Barbieri and D. Breton). Population 71 (3), 395-454, 2016. Link

When in Life is Income Higher than Consumption? Changes in France over the Last 30 Years (with C. Bonnet, J. Navaux, J. Pelletan, and F.-C. Wolff). Population and Societies n°529, January 2016. Link

The Demographic Situation in France: Recent Developments and Trends over the Last 70 Years (with M. Mazuy, M. Barbieri and D. Breton). Population 70 (3), 417-486, 2015. Link

Who Pays for Demographic Change? (with T. Bengtsson, A. Fürnkranz-Prskawetz and R. Gál). Population Europe, Policy Brief No.10, December 2015. Link

Recent Demographic Trends in France: The Number of Marriages Continues to Decrease (with M. Mazuy and M. Barbieri). Population 69 (3), 313-363, 2014. Link

Recent Demographic Trends in France: Fertility Remains Stable (with M. Mazuy and M. Barbieri). Population 68 (3), 385-432, 2013. Link