WORK IN PROGRESS
Does comprehensive compulsory schooling equalize opportunities? Quasi-natural experience evidence from Sweden.
(with Francesco Andreoli and Markus Jäntti)
in progress
Inequality of earnings opportunity in India: The role of caste.
(with Tista Kundu)
working paper CSH Delhi 2020 (in revision)
Preschool duration, family background and child outcomes: Evidence from the expansion of Ecole Maternelle in France.
(with Francesco Andreoli and Vincenzo Prete)
mimeo 2023 (R&R Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics)
Inequality of opportunity revisited: Unobserved family circumstances and long-term income opportunities in Sweden.
(with Francesco Andreoli, Hélène Le Forner, and Alain Trannoy)
mimeo 2023 (in progress)
PUBLICATIONS
Nicolas Frémeaux, SeEun Jung, and Arnaud Lefranc. Assortative mating and earnings inequality in South Korea. Journal of Economic Inequality, September 2023. [ DOI | http ]
Nicolas Frémeaux and Arnaud Lefranc. Assortative mating and earnings inequality in France. Review of Income and Wealth, 66(4):757--783, December 2020. [ DOI | .html ]
Francesco Andreoli, Arnaud Lefranc, and Vincenzo Prete. Rising educational attainment and opportunity equalization: Evidence from France. In Research on Economic Inequality, pages 123--149. Nov 2020. [ DOI | http ]
Francesco Andreoli, Tarjei Havnes, and Arnaud Lefranc. Robust inequality of opportunity comparisons: Theory and application to early childhood policy evaluation. Review of Economics and Statistics, 101(2):355--369, 2019. [ DOI | http ]
Christelle Dumas and Arnaud Lefranc. "Sex in Marriage is a Divine Gift"? Evidence on the quantity-quality trade-off from the Manila contraceptive ban. World Bank Economic Review, 33(1):259--285, 2019. [ DOI | http ]
Arnaud Lefranc. Intergenerational earnings persistence and economic inequality in the long run: Evidence from French cohorts, 1931-75. Economica, 85(340):808--845, 2018. [ DOI ]
Arnaud Lefranc and Alain Trannoy. Equality of opportunity, moral hazard and the timing of luck. Social Choice and Welfare, 49(3):469--497, December 2017. [ DOI | http ]
Arnaud Lefranc, Fumiaki Ojima, and Takashi Yoshida. Intergenerational earnings mobility in Japan among sons and daughters: levels and trends. Journal of Population Economics, 27(1):91--134, Feb 2013. [ DOI | http ]
Christelle Dumas and Arnaud Lefranc. Early schooling and later outcomes : Evidence from pre-school extension in France. In From parents to children: the intergenerational transmission of advantage. Russel Sage Foundation, May 2012. [ DOI | arXiv | http | http ]
Arnaud Lefranc, Nicolas Pistolesi, and Alain Trannoy. Measuring circumstances: Francs or ranks, does it matter? Research on Economic Inequality, 19:131--156, 2011.
Arnaud Lefranc, Fumiaki Ojima, and Takashi Yoshida. The intergenerational transmission of income and education: A comparison of Japan and France. In Quality and Inequality of Education, pages 229--253. Springer Netherlands, 2010. [ DOI | http ]
Arnaud Lefranc. Unequal opportunities and ethnic origin: The labor market outcomes of second-generation immigrants in France. American Behavioral Scientist, 53(12):1851--1882, Aug 2010. [ DOI | http ]
Arnaud Lefranc, Nicolas Pistolesi, and Alain Trannoy. Equality of opportunity and luck: Definitions and testable conditions, with an application to income in France. Journal of Public Economics, 93(11-12):1189--1207, Dec 2009. [ DOI | http ]
Arnaud Lefranc, Nicolas Pistolesi, and Alain Trannoy. Inequality of opportunities vs. inequality of outcomes: Are western societies all alike? Review of Income and Wealth, 54(4):513--546, Dec 2008. [ DOI | http ]
Arnaud Lefranc. La clé de l'énigme ou une nouvelle pièce du puzzle ? Comment on Stephen Bazen : "Do minimum wages have a negative impact on employment in the United States ? ". Economie publique : Etudes et recherches, (17), April 2007. [ DOI | http ]
Arnaud Lefranc, Nicolas Pistolesi, and Alain Trannoy. Inégalité de milieu d'origine et destin salarial en France, 1977-1993. Revue déconomie politique, 117(1):91--117, 2007. [ DOI | http ]
Arnaud Lefranc and Cyrille Hagneré. Etendue et conséquences des erreurs de mesure dans les données individuelles denquête : une évaluation à partir des données appariées des enquêtes emploi et revenus fiscaux. Economie & Prévision, 174(3):131--154, 2006. [ DOI | http ]
Arnaud Lefranc and Alain Trannoy. Intergenerational earnings mobility in France : Is France more mobile than the US ? Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 2005. [ http | .pdf ]
Arnaud Lefranc, Nicolas Pistolesi, and Alain Trannoy. Le revenu selon l'origine sociale. Economie et Statistique, 371(1):49--88, 2004. [ DOI | http ]
Arnaud Lefranc. On the sensitivity of returns to seniority to the measurement of earnings. International Journal of Manpower, 24(7):789--811, Nov 2003. [ DOI | http ]
Nadia Alibay and Arnaud Lefranc. Les effets de l'activation des dépenses d'indemnisation chômage. Revue française d'économie, 18(2):55--110, 2003. [ DOI | http ]
J.E. Roemer, R. Aaberge, U. Colombino, J. Fritzell, S.P. Jenkins, A. Lefranc, I. Marx, M. Page, E. Pommer, J. Ruiz-Castillo, M.J. San Segundo, T. Tranaes, A. Trannoy, G. Wagner, and I. Zubiri. To what extent do fiscal regimes equalize opportunities for income acquisition among citizens? Journal of Public Economics, 87(3-4):539--565, 2003. [ DOI ]
Arnaud Lefranc. Quelques éléments de comparaison des taux de chômage français et américain. Economie et Statistique, 301(1):61--72, 1997. [ DOI | http ]
Arnaud Lefranc. Salaires relatifs et chômage: Une analyse comparative France/Etats-Unis. Revue Economique, 48(5):1041, Sep 1997. [ DOI | http ]
Daniel Cohen, Arnaud Lefranc, and Gilles Saint-Paul. French unemployment: A transatlantic perspective. Economic Policy, 12(25):265--292, Oct 1997. [ DOI | http ]