Publications

Published journal articles

"Personalized Lead Exposure Information and Preventive Behaviors in Ivory Coast: Insights from a Pilot Study" (with Véronique Gille, Camille Saint-Macary, Stéphanie Dos Santos, Franck Houffoué, Hugues Kouadio, Epiphane Marahoua, Petanki Soro and Alexander van Geen), PlosOne 20(11)

"Habitability for a connected, unequal and changing world" (with Sterly H., Borderon M., Sakdapolrak P., Adger N., Ayanlade A., Bah A., Blocher J., Blondin S., Boly S., Brochier Timothée, Bruening L., Bunchuay-Peth S., O'Byrne D., Campos R. S. D., Codjoe S. N. A., Debeve F., Detges A., Franco-Gavonel M., Hathaway C., Funke N., Gemenne F., Gurmu E., Keeton R., Ketsomboon B., Leroy M., Majidi N., Marchisio S., Abu M., Naruchaikusol S., Negozio F., Nicolle H., Nucera G., Olssonn L., Owuor J., Ozer P., Piguet E., Reckien D., Redicker S., Serraglio D. A., Sultan Benjamin, Tänzler D., Vigil S., Vinke K., Zantout K., Zickgraf C., Global Environmental Change: Human and Policy Dimensions, 90, p. 102953 [7 p.], 2025.

"COVID-19 and Changes in Intentions to Migrate from The Gambia" (with Tijan L. Bah, Catia Batista and David McKenzie), Journal of African Economies 33(1), 1-19. (also available as IZA Discussion Paper No. 14337), 2024.

"Immigrants’ health empowerment and access to health coverage in France: a stepped wedge randomised controlled trial" (with Marwân-al-Qays Bousmah1, Anne Gosselin,  Karna Coulibaly, Andrainolo Ravalihasy, Corinne Taéron, Jean-Noël Senne and Annabel Desgrées du Loû for the MAKASI Study Group), Social Science & Medicine,, 339, 116400, 2023.

"Can information and alternatives to irregular migration reduce “backway” migration from the Gambia? (with Tijan L. Bah, Catia Batista and David McKenzie), Journal of Development Economics 165, 2023.

"Bridging the knowledge gap of biomedical HIV prevention tools among sub-saharan african immigrants in France. Results from an empowerment-based intervention" (with Karna Coulibaly, Karna Coulibaly, Marwˆan-al-Qays Bousmah, Andrainolo Ravalihasy, Corinne Taéron, Romain Mbiribindi, Jean-Noël Senne, Anne Gosselin, Annabel Desgrées du Loû, for the MAKASI Study Group), SSM Population Health, 2023.

"Migration response to drought. An empirical analysis using panel data on Malian localities over the 1987-2009 period" (with Dimitri Defrance and Esther Delesalle), Environment and Development Economics, 28(2).

"Deterioration of mental health and insufficient Covid-19 information among disadvantaged immigrants in the greater Paris area" (with Gosselin, A., Melchior, M., Carillon, S., Ridde, V., Kohou, V., … & Makasi Study Group), Journal of Psychosomatic Research 146, 2021.

"Participatory development and pilot testing of the Makasi intervention: a community-based outreach intervention to improve sub-Saharan and Caribbean immigrants' empowerment in sexual health." (with Gosselin A., Carillon S., Coulibaly K., Ridde V., Taeron C., Kohou V., Zoumenou I., Mbiribindi R., Derche N., Desgrées du Loû A., Melchior M., Carillon S., Coulibaly K., Delbe A., Ebongue J., El Khoury F., Gaywahali C., Lert F., Lutonadio B., Plenel E., Maspeyrat L., Mbiribindi P., Miatti T., Ngueya J. P., Ravalihasy A., Tess F., Lusilu J. V., Makasi Study Group), BMC Public Health, 2019, 19 (1).

"Return schemes from European countries. Assessing the challenges" (with Giulia Scalettaris), International Migration, 57(4), 2019, 91-104.

"Migration, remittances and development: insights from the Migration and Development Conference", Revue d’Economie du Développement, 2017/3, 29-44.

"Vulnerability of inter-tropical littoral areas. Preface." (with Philippe Charvis and Frédéric Ménard), Comptes Rendus Geoscience, 349(6-7), 2017, 233-234.

"Do migrants adopt new political attitudes from abroad? Evidence using a multi-sited exit-poll survey during the 2013 Malian elections" (with Lisa Chauvet and Sandrine Mesplé-Somps), Comparative Migration Studies, 4(19), 2016.

"Migrants' HTAs and Local Development in Mali" (with Lisa Chauvet, Marion Mercier and Sandrine Mesplé-Somps), Scandinavian Journal of Economics 2015, 117(2), 686-722.

"The “Battles” of Paris and New York. An Analysis of the Transnational Electoral Behaviour of Senegalese Immigrants in France and the United States" (with Jean-Philippe Dedieu, Lisa Chauvet and Sandrine Mesplé-Somps), Revue Française de Science Politique, 63(5), 2013, 53-80. 

"Kinship-ties and entrepreneurship in Western Africa" (with Michael Grimm, Ousman Koriko, Jann Lay and Christophe J. Nordman), Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship 26(2), 2013, 125-150.

"Aid, Remittances, Medical Brain Drain and Child Mortality. Evidence using Inter and Intra-Country Data" (with Lisa Chauvet and Sandrine Mesplé-Somps), Journal of Development Studies 49(6): 801-818, 2013

"Migrant Networks as a Basis for Social Control : Remittance Incentives among Senegalese in France and Italy" (with Isabelle Chort and Jean-Noël Senne), Regional Science and Urban Economics, 42, 2012, pp. 858-874.

"Are there returns to migration experience? An empirical analysis using data on return migrants and non-migrants in West Africa" (with Philippe De Vreyer and Anne-Sophie Robilliard), Annals of Economics and Statistics, 97/98, 2010.

"Migration, Self-selection and Returns to Education in the WAEMU" (with Philippe De Vreyer and François Roubaud), Journal of African Economies 19(1), pp.52-87, 2010

"Migration trends in North Africa: focus on Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria" (with Christophe Nordman), OECD Journal: General papers, 2009/4, pp75-108

"Risk and Schooling Decisions in Rural Madagascar. A Panel Data Analysis" (with Anne-Sophie Robilliard), Journal of African Economies, 17(2), pp.207-238, 2007

"Migration and Development: Mixed evidence from Western Mali", Development, 50.4, 2007

"The Formation of Risk-Sharing Networks" (with Marcel Fafchamps), Journal of Development Economics, 83(2), pp.326-350, 2007

"Risk Sharing and Network Formation" (with Marcel Fafchamps), American Economic Review (Papers and Proceedings) 97(2), 2007

"Contingent Loan Repayment in the Philippines" (with Marcel Fafchamps), Economic Development and Cultural Change, 55(4), 2007

"Migrants’ Remittances and the Household in Africa: A Review of Evidence" (with Jean-Paul Azam), Journal of African Economies, vol. 15 Supplement 2, 2006

"Those in Kayes. The Impact of Remittances on their Recipients in Africa" (with Jean-Paul Azam), Revue Economique 56(6), 1331-1358, 2005

"Do Migrants Insure Those Who Stay Behind. Evidence from the Kayes Area (Western Mali)", Oxford Development Studies, 30(3), 2002

Working Papers

"Weather Anomalies and International Migration in Semi-Arid Regions: Village-level Evidence from Senegal" (with Luis Becerra Valbuena and Anne-Sophie Robilliard), R&R

"Temporary Migration Response to Climate Variability: New evidence from three years of mobile phone data in Senegal" (with Paul Blanchard, Virginie Comblon, Erwan Le Quentrec, Anne-Sophie Robilliard and Stefania Rubrichi)

"Modelling Household Water Source Choice in a Water-Rich Context. Evidence from Peri-Urban Kinshasa, DRC" (with Komlavi II Adjegan, Virginie Comblon and Camille Saint-Macary), submitted

"Does Better Access to Safe Water Foster Human Capital? A Quasi-Experimental Study from Peri-Urban Kinshasa, DRC" (with Komlavi II Adjegan, Virginie Comblon and Camille Saint-Macary)

"Navigating the Complexity of Environmental Migration In the Context of Climate Change: Interdisciplinary Reflections on Concepts and Methods" (with Lucie Clech, Kevin Chapuis, Marion Borderon, Coline Garcia, Kees van der Geest, Jamal Khan, Bishawjit Mallick, Anne-Sophie Robilliard, Fabien Durand, Sylvie Fanchette)

Work in progress

"The Impact of Lifting Barriers to Mental Health Care for Refugees. Evidence from a French Randomised Controlled Trial" (with Marie-Caroline Saglio-Yatzimirskyc, Hala Tobji, Alexandre Touw, Jérôme Valette)

"Opening Schools to Parents to Promote Migrants’ Inclusion and their Children’s Achievement. Evidence from a large-scale French Programme" (with Elise Huillery, Jean-Noël Senne and Alexandre Touw)

"Uberized and Undocumented: Legal Status and Working Conditions of Migrant Platform Delivery Workers in France" (with Marwân-al-Qays Bousmah, Annabel Desgrées du Loû, Anne Gosselin, Kevin Poperl and Ana Rivadeneyra-Sicilia) 

Book reviews

Book Review of Stefan Dercon’s Insurance Against Poverty, Journal of African Economies, 16(1), 2007.

Book Review of R. Reinikka and P.Collier’s Uganda's Recovery. The Role of Farms, Firms and Government, Journal of African Economies, 10(4), 498-500, 2001.

Published journal articles in French

"Freins à la mobilité, qualification des emplois et diasporas : les nouveaux fronts de l’économie des migrations", Région et Developpement, n°62, 2025.

"Paris-Dakar-Boukanao : retour sur une aventure collective transnationale" (with Sandrine Mesplé-Somps, Vieux Inssa Sané and Ilka Vari-Lavoisier), ethnographiques.org n°32, 2016

"MIDDAS : Un projet innovant pour une analyse originale des liens entre migration, transferts de fonds et développement" (with Isabelle Chort and Jean-Noël Senne), Tiers-Monde, Hors-série, 2016.

"La dynamique associative des Maliens de l’extérieur : enseignements tirés de deux dispositifs d’enquête originaux." (with Claire Bernard, Lisa Chauvet, Marion Mercier and Sandrine Mesplé-Somps), Revue Européenne des migrations internationales, 30(3), pp.109-137

"Les batailles de Paris et New York. Une analyse du comportement électoral transnational des migrants sénégalais en France et aux Etats-Unis" (with Jean-Philippe Dedieu, Lisa Chauvet, Sandrine Mesplé-Somps and Etienne Smith), Revue Française de Science Politique, 63(5), 2013, pp. 865-892.

"Transferts de fonds des migrants, pauvreté et inégalités au Mali. Analyse à partir de trois scénarios contrefactuels" (with Sandrine Mesplé-Somps and Thomas Lassourd), Revue Economique 61(6), 2010.

"Les transferts monétaires des migrants sont-ils plus efficaces que l’aide publique pour améliorer la santé des enfants ? Une évaluation empirique sur des données inter et intra pays" (with Lisa Chauvet and Sandrine Mesplé Somps), Revue d'Economie du Développement 2009/4

"(In)Cohérences des politiques migratoires et de co-développement françaises. Illustrations maliennes", Politique africaine 109, pp.42-55

Commentaire de l'article de Riccardo Faini "Migration and Remittances: The Impact on Countries of Origin", Revue d’Economie du Développement 2007/2-3

Chapters in books

"Transferts migratoires: à quoi et à qui servent les ressources des émigrés ? (with Jean-Noël Senne, Hélène Thiollet and Alexandre Touw), chapter in Gemmene F., Schmoll C., Simon P. et Thiollet H. (dir.), Que sait-on des migrations ? (forthcoming)

"Migrations et changement climatique" (with Anne-Sophie Robilliard), chapter in "Comprendre les migrations internationales" (forthcoming)

"Impact de l’intervention Makasi sur l’accès à la couverture maladie" (with Qays Bousmah and Jean-Noël Senne), chapter 6 in Desgrées du Loû A. et Gosselin A. (dir.), Vers l'empowerment en santé. Recherches communautaires autour du projet Makasi,  Collection Sciences Sociales et SIDA, ANRS Editions.

"Le coût de l’intervention Makasi" (with Nirinia Andrianirina, Qays Bousmah, Virginie Comblon, Anne Gosselin and Jean-Noël Senne), chapter 8 in Desgrées du Loû A. et Gosselin A. (dir.), Vers l'empowerment en santé. Recherches communautaires autour du projet Makasi,  Collection Sciences Sociales et SIDA, ANRS Editions.

"Is network embeddedness really worth it? Migrant networks as structures of both opportunities and constraints", chapitre 27 in Pecoud, A. & Thiollet, H., Handbook on the Institutions of Global Migration Governance, Edward Elgar Handbook, 2023.

"Qui sont les électeurs à distance ? L’exemple du Mali, du Sénégal, et de la Tunisie" (with Lisa Chauvet, Thibaut Jaulin and Sandrine Mesplé-Somps), chapitre 4 in Chauvet et al (eds.), Les migrants, acteurs des changements politiques en Afrique ?, Edition De Boeck supérieur, 2018.

"Adoption et transfert de normes politiques : le cas des migrants maliens"  (with Lisa Chauvet and Sandrine Mesplé-Somps), chapitre 7 in Chauvet et al (eds.), Les migrants, acteurs des changements politiques en Afrique ?, Edition De Boeck supérieur, 2018.

"Pourquoi l’aide n’arrêtera pas l’émigration ?", in H. Thiollet (coord.), Migrants, migrations, 50 questions pour vous faire votre opinion, coll. Idées claires, Ed. Armand Colin, 2016.

"The discourse and practice of codevelopment in Europe" in : Lucas R.E.B. (ed.), International Handbook on Migration and Economic Development, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014, p.113-151.

"Does forced solidarity hamper entrepreunarial activity ? Evidence from seven West-African countries" (avec Michael Grimm, Ousman Koriko, Jann Lay et Christophe Nordman), In : Cling J.P. (ed.), Lagrée S. (ed.), Razafindrakoto Mireille (ed.), Roubaud François (ed.). The informal economy in developing countries. Oxon : Routledge, 2014, p.197-214.

"Emigration et démocratisation" (avec Lisa Chauvet et Sandrine Mesplé-Somps), in Gonin P., Kotlok N. et Pérouse de Montclos M-A., La tragédie malienne, Ed. Vendémiaire, 2013, pp.227-241.

"Why do Migrants Migrate? Self-selection and Returns to Education in West Africa" (with Philippe De Vreyer and François Roubaud), chapter 10 in De Vreyer P. and Roubaud F., Urban Labor Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, pp.303-326 [also published in French: "Pourquoi migrent-ils ? Auto-sélection des migrants et rendements de l'éducation" as chapter 10 in De Vreyer P. and Roubaud F., "Les marchés du travail urbains en Afrique subsaharienne", pp.313-337].

"Returns to Returning in West Africa" (with Philippe De Vreyer and Anne-Sophie Robilliard), chapter 11 in De Vreyer P. and Roubaud F., Urban Labor Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, pp.327-350  [also published in French:"Les migrants de retour valorisent-ils leur capital?" (with Philippe De Vreyer and Anne-Sophie Robilliard), as chapter 11 in De Vreyer P. and Roubaud F., Les marchés du travail urbains en Afrique subsaharienne, pp.339-361].

"Afrique Sub-saharienne" (with Jean-Noël senne), chap.7 in OECD,  Resserrer les liens avec les diasporas. Panorama des compétences des migrants", Editions OCDE, 2012, pp.311-321.

"La solidarité forcée bride-t-elle l'activité des micro-entrepreneurs? Une analyse à partir de données ouest-africaines" (with M. Grimm, O. Koriko, J. Lay and C.J. Nordman) in Cling J-P., Razafindrakoto M. and Roubaud F. (dir.), L’économie informelle dans les pays en développement, Coll. Conférences et Séminaires 06, édition AFD,  2012, pp.165-182.

"Migrations, transferts et développement : le Mexique comme point de comparaison" chap. 5 in Mohsen-Finan K. (dir.), Le Maghreb dans les relations internationales, IFRI, CNRS Editions, 2011, pp.131-164

"Return migration and small enterprise development in the Maghreb" (with Christophe J. Nordman), chap.3 in Plaza S. and Ratha D. (eds), Diaspora for development, The World Bank, Washington D.C., 2011, pp.103-126.

"Croissance et pauvreté à Madagascar. Un aperçu de la dernière décennie (1997-2007)" (with Anne-Sophie Robilliard), chap. 1 in Gastineau B., Gubert F., Robilliard A-S. and Roubaud F. (eds.), Madagascar face au défi des Objectifs du millénaire pour le développement, Editions IRD, Collection Objectifs Suds, 2010, pp. 25-52

"Impact des chocs économiques et démographiques sur la scolarisation en milieu rural" (with Anne-Sophie Robilliard and Jean-Noel Senne), chap. 5 in Gastineau B., Gubert F., Robilliard A-S. and Roubaud F. (eds.), Madagascar face au défi des Objectifs du millénaire pour le développement, Editions IRD, Collection Objectifs Suds, 2010, pp.157-185

"Économie" (with H. Andriananja, J. Charmes, I. Droy, G. Forger, P.Méral, J. Ramiaramanana, M. Razafindrakoto, A-S. Robilliard, F. Roubaud), chap. 6 in Feller C. and Sandron F. (eds.), Parcours de recherche à Madagascar. L’IRD – Orstom et ses partenaires, IRD Editions, 2010, pp.139-167

"Impact des migrations sur le développement et la pauvreté" (with Michel Bruneau, Andrew Hardy and Jacques Ould Aoudia) in Lagrée S., Cling J-P., Razafindrakoto M. et Roubaud F. (eds.). Stratégies de réduction de la pauvreté : approches méthodologiques et transversales, Les Journées de Tam Dao : Université d'Eté en Sciences Sociales 2009. Hanoi : Tri Thuc, 2010.

"Are Remittances More Effective Than Aid To Improve Child Health? An Empirical Assessment using Inter and Intra-Country Data" (with Lisa Chauvet and Sandrine Mesplé-Somps), in Lin J.Y. and Pleskovic B. (eds), People, Politics and Globalization, ABCDE 2009, The World Bank, Washington D.C., 2010.

"Enjeux individuels et collectifs de la migration : le point de vue des pays de départ", in Chemin A. et Gélard J-P. (eds.) Migrants. Craintes et espoirs, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2009.

"Migration from MENA to OCED Countries: Trends, Determinants, and Prospects" (with Christophe Nordman), in World Bank, Shaping the Future: A Long-Term Perspective of People and Job Mobility for the Middle East and North Africa. Volume II: Background Papers, 2009

"Le financement des très petites entreprises urbaines : étude d’impact d’un projet de microfinance à Antananarivo (Madagascar) » (with François Roubaud), in F. Mourji, B. Decaluwé and P. Plane (eds.), Le développement face à la pauvreté, CRDI, AUF, Economica, 2006

"Migrations du Sud, pauvreté et développement" (with Denis Cogneau), in E.M. Mouhoud (dir.), Les nouvelles migrations, un enjeu Nord-Sud de la mondialisation, Editions Universalis, 2006

"L’impact des transferts de fonds sur le développement des pays d’origine : le cas de l’Afrique", chap. I in OCDE (ed.), Migrations, transferts et développement, Paris : OCDE, pp.43-72,  2005.

"Migrant Remittances and their Impact on the Economic Development of Sending Countries. The Case of Africa", chap. I in OCDE (ed.), Migrations, Remittances and Development, Paris : OCDE, pp.43-72,  2005.

"Ceux de Kayes : l'effet des transferts des émigrés maliens sur leurs familles d'origine", (with Jean-Paul Azam), in F. Heran (dir.), Immigration, marché du travail, intégration, Commissariat Général du Plan, La Documentation Française

"La participation des maliens de France au développement de la région de Kayes", in P. Bocquier and T.Diarra (dir.) Population et Société au Mali, coll. Etudes Africaines, Ed. L'Harmattan, 1999, 208p.