Research

Research interests

Development economics 

Development studies

Applied microeconomics

Mixed methods

Poverty, inequality and social stratification

Health, food and nutrition 

Sustainable development 

Latin America 

China

Works in progress

"Arrangements de protection sociale et conditions de vie : une application à Madagascar", avec Claire Gondard-Delcroix (BSE, Université de Bordeaux), Léo Delpy (CLERSE, Université de Lille) et Louis Olié (CIRAD), Mondes en Développement, à paraître.

“Middle-class politics” and the policy gap: A comparative analysis of four developing countries" , with Eric Rougier (BSE, University of Bordeaux), François Combarnous (BSE, University of Bordeaux) and Dominique Darbon (LAM, Sciences Po Bordeaux), R&R Kyklos.

Sex ratio imbalance and fertility preferences in India, with P. Levasseur (INRAE) and S. Seetahul (University of Sydney), submitted.

A socio-economic exploration of Argentinean middle class' vulnerability, behaviour and expectations in hard times, with Sébastien Carrère (BSE, University of Bordeaux), François Combarnous (BSE, University of Bordeaux), Gabriel Kessler (CONICET and Universidad Nacional de la Plata), Eric Rougier (BSE, University of Bordeaux) and Ariel Wilkis (IDAES, Universidad Nacional de San Martin), submitted.

The middle classes, the State, and the market: Lessons from a double qualitative survey in Argentina, with Eric Rougier (BSE, University of Bordeaux), Sébastien Carrère (BSE, University of Bordeaux), François Combarnous (BSE, University of Bordeaux), Gabriel Kessler (CONICET and Universidad Nacional de la Plata), and Ariel Wilkis (IDAES, Universidad Nacional de San Martin), submitted.

"Les conséquences socio-économiques et spatiales de l'économie des plateformes : une analyse exploratoire à Santiago du Chili", avec Pablo Salinas-Kraljevich (PASSAGES, Université Bordeaux Montaigne et CNRS) et Patrice Tissandier (PASSAGES, Université Bordeaux Montaigne et CNRS).

Research programs

2022-2025: European Union project (Horizon Europe), Sustainability, performances, evidence and scenarios (SPES)

2021-2025: University of Bordeaux project, HOPE, Understanding human well-being and behavior for better policies and societies, Principal Investigator, Coordinator of the Work Package "Inequality" and member of the executive committee.

2020-2022, French Development Agency (AFD) project, Middle classes in Argentina and Morocco (coordinator).

2019-2022, French National Research (ANR) project, TECHNOPE, Energy transition in China: New political and economic directions.

2018-2021, French Region "Nouvelle Aquitaine" project, PROTECT, Social protection in Madagascar.

2016-2018, ECOS international cooperation project, REDES, Social networks analysis on the Bogota's labour market.

2016-2017, French Development Agency (AFD) project, The consequences of the rise of middle classes in developing countries (co-coordinator).

2014-2015, Central Asia and Afghanistan research fellowship, Mentorship program.

2010-2012, French Region "Aquitaine" project, ASEMODE, Socio-economic analysis of models of development.

2009-2011, European Union project, ICATSEM, Trajectories of socio-economic models: Quantitative analyses.

Refereeing

African Development Review, Asian Development Review, Canadian Journal of Development Studies, China Economic Review, Cliometrica, Economics Bulletin, Economics and Human Biology, Frontiers of Economics in China, International Migration Review, International Social Security Review, Journal of African Economies, Journal of International Development, Review of Social Economy, Social Science and Medicine, World Development, Développement Durable et Territoires, Economie et Prévision, Economie Rurale, Mondes en Développement, Revue d’économie politique, Revue d’économie régionale et urbaine, Revue d’études comparatives est-ouest, Stateco, Travail et emploi.

Other information

Member of the Chinese Economists Society, French Association of Development Economics, French Economic Association, Third World Association