Research interests
Economics of social insurance, Public economics
Empirical industrial organization (healthcare, demand estimation)
Methods in public policy evaluation (microsimulation, reduced-form and structural econometrics)
Publications
Private wealth over the life-cycle: a meeting between microsimulation and structural approaches, with L. Galiana. Review of Income and Wealth, forthcoming.
Citizens' attitude towards subnational borders: Evidence from the merger of French regions, Journal of Economic Geography, 23(3), 653-682, 2023. [Code] [Policy brief].
The petit effect of campaign spending on votes. Using political financing reforms to measure spending impacts in multiparty elections, with A. François and M. Visser, Public Choice, 192(1-2), 29-57, 2022. [Code][Online Appendix].
The persistence of unhappiness: Trapped into despair? Oxford Economic Papers, 74(3), 746-772, 2022. [Code] [Policy brief].
Financial incentives and competitive pressure: The case of the hospital industry, with P. Choné, Journal of the European Economic Association, 20(2), 626-666, 2022. [Teaching material] [Code] Non-technical summary (in French): Insee Analyses 47. Media coverage: (TV) BFM Business.
A decomposition of labor earnings growth: Recovering Gaussianity?, with P. Pora, Labour Economics, 63, 101807, 2020. [Online Appendix]
Worker-firm matching and the parenthood pay gap: Evidence from linked employer-employee data, Journal of Population Economics, 29(4), 991-1023, 2016. Media coverage: BBC news, The Independent, The Times.
Do consumers correctly expect price reductions? Testing dynamic behavior, with P. Février, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 44(C), 25-40, 2016.
When does the stepping-stone work? Fixed-term contracts versus temporary agency work in changing economic conditions, with P. Givord, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 30(5), 787-805, 2015 [Online appendix].
Constant utility index and inter-month substitution, with P. Sillard, Economics Bulletin, 35(3), 1772-1781, 2015.
Intertemporal price discrimination in infinite horizon, Economics Letters, 122(2), 358-361, 2014.
in French:
L'accumulation du patrimoine au cours du cycle de vie : une approche par microsimulation, with L. Galiana and T. Guichaoua, Retraite et société (L. Arrondel and C. Bonnet eds., lead article), 89, 17-38, 2022.
Travail domestique et parental au fil des confinements : comment ont évolué les inégalités socio-économiques et de sexe?, with A. Pailhé and A. Solaz, Économie et Statistique (lead article), 536-537, 3-25, 2022. [Comment (H. Couprie), see also the blog @Insee]
Parcours professionnels, facteurs démographiques et financiers : quels effets sur la réversion ?, with F. Godet and V. Lin, Retraite et société, 83, 51-74, 2020. Media coverage: Capital.
Les dynamiques individuelles de revenu salarial pendant la crise, with P. Pora, Économie et Statistique, 494-495-496, 191-212, 2017.
Indices de prix à utilité constante et substitutions intermensuelles, with P. Sillard, Revue économique, 66(4), 755-768, 2015.
Working papers
Teachers' desired mobility to disadvantaged schools: Do financial incentives matter? with J. Silhol. WP CESifo 2022-9906. [Code]
Non-technical summary (in French): Insee Analyses 87.
Media coverage: Acteurs publics, AEF info, Le café pédagogique.
Risk aversion and savings behavior, with A. Bommier and F. Le Grand.
Compensation against fuel inflation: Temporary tax rebates or transfers?, with O. Bonnet, É. Fize, and T. Loisel. WP CESifo 10917, WP Crest 2024-05.
Is carbon tax truly more salient? Evidence from fuel tourism at the France-Germany border, with O. Bonnet, É. Fize, and T. Loisel. WP CESifo 10918, WP Crest 2024-06.
Child Penalties and Financial Incentives: Exploiting Variation along the Wage Distribution, with P. Pora. WP Crest 2019-17.
Non-technical summary (in French): Insee Analyses 48.
Media coverage: (press) Alternatives économiques, BFM TV, Challenges, les Échos, l'Express, le Figaro, Forbes, l'Humanité, le Monde, le Monde diplomatique, Ouest France, le Parisien, Sciences Humaines, 20 minutes, (radio) France Info, France Inter, (TV) France 2.
Estimating the Gains (and Losses) of Revenue Management, with X. D'Haultfœuille, P. Février, and A. Wang. WP Insee 2012/13.
Other
Affiliate to the "Well-Being Observatory" at CEPREMAP, Paris School of Economics (PSE).
Referee for American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Economics Bulletin, Health Economics, International Journal of Industrial Organization, International Journal of Manpower, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, Labour Economics, Socio-Economic Review, Annales d'Économie et de Statistique, Économie et Statistique, Revue économique.
Certificate of excellence in reviewing, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2015.
Invited talks: ifo Lunchtime Seminar (Munich 2023), Franco-German Fiscal Policy Seminar (Paris 2023), GT Fiscalité (CRED Paris 2023), "The Microeconomics of Aging" workshop (ETH Zürich, 2023), OFCE seminar (2023), CESifo EffEE Conference on Econometric Evaluation of School Reforms (Munich 2022), Paris School of Economics (Behavior seminar 2021, TOM seminar 2012), French Econometrics Conferences (Marseilles 2019, Toulouse 2013), "Pensions and ageing" conference (Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations - Paris 2023, 2019), Ined (seminar 2019, Mondays 2020), 14th CEPR/JIE Applied IO (Bologna 2013), CREST-Ecole polytechnique micro workshop (Palaiseau 2012), Columbia University (IO Colloquium 2008).
Discussions: CESifo EffEE Conference on Econometric Evaluation of School Reforms (Munich 2022), "Family and Pensions" workshop (Ined 2019).
Scientific committees:
2019, 2021, 2023: "Pensions and ageing" workshop (Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations - Paris).
2018 - 2020: "Observatoire de l'inclusion bancaire" (Banque de France).
Policy service:
2018 - 2024 : "Conseil d'Orientation des Retraites" (COR), substitute member.