DDLC-CV-1
David de la Croix Curriculum Vitae e-mail: [email protected] Last Update: August, 2021 website: http://www.de-la-croix.be orcid.org/0000-0002-7589-8535
EXPERIENCE
Professeur ordinaire (full professor) at Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
Invited professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (2000-2001), Université de la Méditerranée, Aix-Marseille (December 1997, December 1998, April 2000, April 2004), Paris X – Nanterre (November 2007), University of Copenhagen (2008), Université de Liège (1994-1995), National Taiwan University (2009), University of Capetown (2012), University of Poznan (2015), NYU Abu Dabi (2018).
1995-2005: Research Associate at the National Fund for Scientific Research (Belgium). 1992-1993: Research Fellow at the Rijksuniversiteit Limburg (Maastricht). 1989-1993: Research assistant (1989-1993) and Post doc. Researcher (1993-1995) at the National Fund for Scientific Research. 1989-1990: Military Service. 1988-1989: Research assistant at the Université catholique de Louvain (sociology).
EDUCATION
1992: Ph.D. in Economics (Université catholique de Louvain). Director: H. Sneessens. 1988: Master of Arts in Economics (Louvain) with Magna cum laude. 1987: "Licence" in Economics (Namur and Louvain) with Summa cum laude.
TEACHING
Since 1993 : Teaching macroeconomics, development and growth at the BA and graduate levels (Louvain).
AWARDS
2021-2026: ERC advanced grant. 2017-: Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) 2017: Senior Fellow, IMERA, Institute for Advanced Studies, Univ. Aix-Marseille 2015-2017: International Panel on Social Progress (IPSP) DDLC-CV-2
2014-2017: Francqui Research Professorship 2010-2013: United Nations: Panel on New Challenges in Population and Development (IUSSP) 2003-2004: Francqui Chair, Ghent University. 2000-2001: Fulbright research grant. 2000-2001: NATO research grant.
Ph.D STUDENTS ADVISING
Completed theses as advisor: Alexandra Rillaers (2000), Rafael Munoz (2000), Géraldine Mahieu (2002), Joao Medeiros (2003), Lionel Artige (2004), Fabio Mariani (2005), Tapas Mishra (2006), Carmen Camacho (2007), Alessandro Sommacal (2008), Davide Dottori (2009), Luca Marchiori (2009), Gül Ertan Özgüler (2010), Paolo Melindi Ghidi (2012), Paula Eugenia Gobbi (2013), Emeline Bezin (2015), Pierre Pecher (2016), Hamzeh Arabzadeh (2016), Robert Stelter (2016), Lucia Granelli (2018), Zainab iftikhar (2018), Elisa Rizzo (2018), Fabio Blasutto (2021), Annalisa Frigo (2021). Currently: Fabio Blasutto, Annalisa Frigo, Keiti Kondi, Arnaud Deseau
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS – BOOKS as single author
De la Croix D., Fertility, Education, Growth and Sustainability, Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-1107029590.
De la Croix D. and P. Michel, A Theory of Economic Growth: Dynamics and Policy in Overlapping Generations, Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0521001151.
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS – JOURNAL ARTICLES (REFEREED)
58 coauthors, 95 published papers, 2 books as single author, 6271 citations (G. Scholar), 1831citations in Scopus. h-index: 36 according to G. Scholar, 21 according to Scopus In Repec, among the top 1% authors at the world level according to 38 criteria, among which: Number of Distinct Works, Number of Citations, h-index, Number of Journal Pages, Strength of students.
1. De la Croix D., and M. Doepke, A Soul’s View of the Optimal Population Problem Mathematical Social Sciences 112, 98-108, 2021a.
2. Stelter R., De la Croix D. and M. Myrskylä, Leaders and Laggards in Life Expectancy among European Scholars from the Sixteenth to the Early Twentieth Century, Demography, 58, 111-135, 2021b.
3. De la Croix D., and A. Pommeret, Childbearing Postponement, its Option Value, and the Biological Clock, Journal of Economic Theory, 193, 2021c. DDLC-CV-3
4. Baudin T., D. De la Croix, P. Gobbi, Endogenous Childlessness and Stages of Development, Journal of the European Economic Association, 18, 83-133, 2020a.
5. De la Croix D., and A. Fabre, A la découverte des professeurs de l’ancienne université d’Aix, depuis ses origines à 1793, Annales du Midi, 131, 379-402, 2019a.
6. De la Croix D., Schneider E. and J. Weisdorf, Childlessness, Celibacy and Net Fertility in Pre-Industrial England: The Middle-class Evolutionary Advantage, Journal of Economic Growth, 24, 223-256, 2019b.
7. Batyra A., De la Croix D., Pierrard O., and H. Sneessens, Structural changes in the labor market and the rise of early retirement in France and Germany, German Economic Review, 20, e38-369, 2019c.
8. Brée S. and De la Croix D., Key Forces Behind the Decline of Fertility - Lessons from Childlessness in Rouen before the Industrial Revolution, Cliometrica, 13(1), 25-54, 2019d.
9. De la Croix D. and C. Delavallade, Religions, Fertility, and Growth in South-East Asia, International Economic Review, 59, 907-946, 2018a.
10. De la Croix D., M. Doepke and J. Mokyr, Clans, Guilds, and Markets: Apprenticeship Institutions and Growth in the Pre-Industrial Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 133, 1-70, 2018b.
11. De la Croix D. and F. Perrin, French Fertility and Education Transition: Rational Choice vs Cultural Diffusion, European Economic Review, 108, 221-245, 2018c.
12. De la Croix D. and P. Gobbi, Population Density, Fertility, and Demographic Convergence in Developing Countries, Journal of Development Economics, 127, 13-24, 2017.
13. De la Croix D. and O. Licandro, The longevity of famous people from Hammurabi to Einstein, Journal of Economic Growth, 20, 263–303, 2015d.
14. De la Croix D. and F. Docquier, An incentive mechanism to break the low-skill immigration deadlock, Review of Economic Dynamics, 18, 593-618, 2015c.
15. Baudin T., De la Croix D., and P. Gobbi, Fertility and childlessness in the United States, American Economic Review, 105, 1852-1882, 2015b.
16. De la Croix D. and F. Mariani, From Polygyny to Serial Monogamy: a Unified Theory of Marriage Institutions, Review of Economic Studies, 82, 565-607, 2015a.
17. De la Croix D. and C. Delavallade, Why corrupt governments may receive more foreign aid, Oxford Economic Papers, 66, 51-66, 2014a. DDLC-CV-4
18. De la Croix D., O. Pierrard, and H. Sneessens, Aging and Pensions in General Equilibrium: Labor Market Imperfections Matter, Journal of Economics Dynamics and Control, 37, 104-124, 2013b.
19. De la Croix D. and O. Licandro, The Child is Father of the Man - Implications for the Demographic Transition, The Economic Journal, 123, 236-261, 2013a.
20. D’Albis H. and D. De la Croix, Missing Daughters, Missing Brides?, Economics Letters, 116, 358-360, 2012d.
21. De la Croix D. and F. Docquier, Do Brain Drain and Poverty Result from Coordination Failures?, Journal of Economic Growth, 17, 1-26, 2012b.
22. De la Croix D. and A. Gosseries, The Natalist Bias of Pollution Control, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 63, 271-287, 2012a.
23. De la Croix D. and G. Ponthière, How Powerful is Demography? The Serendipity Theorem Revisited, Journal of Population Economics, 25, 899-922, 2012c.
24. De la Croix D. and C. Delavallade, Democracy, Rule of Law, Corruption Incentives and Growth, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 13, 155–187, 2011.
25. De la Croix D. and M. Vander Donckt, Would Empowering Women Initiate the Demographic Transition in Least-Developed Countries ?, Journal of Human Capital, 4, 85- 129, 2010a.
26. De la Croix D. and G. Ponthière, On the Golden Rule of Capital Accumulation under Endogenous Longevity, Mathematical Social Sciences, 59, 227-238, 2010b.
27. De la Croix D., G. de Walque, and R. Wouters, A Note on Inflation Persistence in a Fair Wage Model of the Business Cycle, Macroeconomic Dynamics, 13, 673-684, 2009f.
28. De la Croix D. and C. Delavallade, Growth, Public Investment and Corruption with Failing Institutions, Economics of Governance, 10, 187-219, 2009e.
29. De la Croix D. and M. Doepke, To Segregate or to Integrate: Education Politics and Democracy, Review of Economic Studies, 76, 597-628, 2009d.
30. De la Croix D. and A. Gosseries, Population Policy through Tradable Procreation Entitlements, International Economic Review, 50, 507-542, 2009c.
31. De la Croix D., T. Lindh and B. Malmberg, Demographic Change and Economic Growth in Sweden: 1750-2050, Journal of Macroeconomics (special issue on Historical Macroeconomics), 31, 132-148, 2009b.
32. De la Croix D. and A. Sommacal, A Theory of Medical Effectiveness, Differential Mortality, Income Inequality and Growth for Pre-Industrial England, Mathematical Population Studies, 16, 1–34, 2009a. DDLC-CV-5
33. Boucekkine R., D. de la Croix and D. Peeters, Disentangling the Demographic Determinants of the English Take-off: 1530-1860, Population and Development Review Supplement, Population Aging, Human Capital Accumulation, and Productivity Growth, Alexia Prskawetz, David E. Bloom, and Wolfgang Lutz (eds.), 126-148, 2008c.
34. De la Croix D. and D. Dottori, Easter Island Collapse: a Tale of Population Race, Journal of Economic Growth, 13, 27-55, 2008b.
35. De la Croix D., T. Lindh and B. Malmberg, Swedish Economic Growth and Education Since 1800, Canadian Journal of Economics, 41, 166-185, 2008a.
36. Boucekkine R., D. De la Croix and D. Peeters, Early Literacy Achievements, Population Density and the Transition to Modern Growth, Journal of the European Economic Association, 5, 183-226, 2007a.
37. De la Croix D. and C. Delavallade, Corruption et Allocation Optimale de l’Investissement Public, Revue Economique, 58, 637-647, 2007b.
38. De la Croix D. and P. Michel, Education and Growth with Endogenous Debt Constraints, Economic Theory, 33, 506-530, 2007c.
39. De la Croix D., F. Docquier, and P. Liegeois, Income Growth in the 21st Century: Forecasts with an Overlapping Generations Model, International Journal of Forecasting, 23, 621-635, 2007d.
40. De la Croix D. and F. Docquier, School Attendance and Skill Premiums in France and the US: A General Equilibrium Approach Fiscal Studies, 18, 383-416, 2007e.
41. Artige L., C. Camacho, and D. De la Croix, Wealth breeds decline: reversals of leadership and consumption habits, Journal of Economic Growth, 9, 423-449, 2004a.
42. Boucekkine R., D. De la Croix and O. Licandro, Modelling vintage structures with DDEs: principles and applications, Mathematical Population Studies, 11, 151-179, 2004b.
43. De la Croix D. and M. Doepke, Private versus public education when differential fertility matters, Journal of Development Economics, 73, 607-629, 2004c.
44. De la Croix D., G. Mahieu, and A. Rillaers, How should the allocation of resources adjust to the baby bust ?, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 6, 607-636, 2004d.
45. Boucekkine R., D. De la Croix and O. Licandro, Early mortality declines at the dawn of modern growth, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 105, 401-418, 2003a.
46. De la Croix D. and M. Doepke, Inequality and growth: why differential fertility matters, American Economic Review, 93, 1091-1113, 2003b.
47. Boucekkine R. and D. De la Croix, Information technologies, embodiment and growth, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 27, 2007-2034, 2003c. DDLC-CV-6
48. Boucekkine R., D. De la Croix and O. Licandro, Vintage human capital, demographic trends and growth, Journal of Economic Theory, 104, 340-375,2002a.
49. Bouzahzah M., D. De la Croix and F. Docquier, Policy reforms and growth in computable OLG economies, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 26, 2093-2113, 2002b.
50. Boucekkine R., D. De la Croix, and Y. Vailakis, Technological shocks and IT revolutions, Recherches Economiques de Louvain, 68, 75-89, 2002c.
51. De la Croix D., Growth dynamics and education spending: the role of inherited tastes and abilities, European Economic Review, 45, 1415-1438, 2001a.
52. De la Croix D. and P. Michel, Altruism and self-restraint, Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 63-64, 233-259, 2001b.
53. Collard F. And D. De la Croix, Gift exchange and the business cycle: the fair wage strikes back, Review of Economic Dynamics, 3, 166-193, 2000a.
54. De la Croix D., F. Palm and JP. Urbain, Labor market dynamics when effort depends on wage growth comparisons, Empirical Economics, 25, 393-420, 2000b.
55. De la Croix D. and P. Michel, Myopic and perfect foresight in the OLG model, Economics Letters, 65, 255-263, 2000c.
56. De la Croix D. and O. Licandro, Irreversibility, Uncertainty and Underemployment Equilibria, Spanish Economic Review, 2, 249-266, 2000d.
57. De la Croix D. and P. Monfort, Regional convergence and education funding, Journal of Population Economics, 13, 403-424, 2000e.
58. De la Croix D. and P. Michel, Optimal growth when tastes are inherited, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 23, 519-537, 1999a.
59. De la Croix D. and O. Licandro, Life expectancy and endogenous growth, Economics Letters, 65, 255-263, 1999b.
60. Dehez P., D. De la Croix, and E. Toulemonde, Efficient Bargaining and Under-Utilization of Labour, Journal of Economics, 69, 127-139, 1999c.
61. De la Croix D. and JP. Urbain, Intertemporal substitution in import demand and habit formation, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 13, 589-612, 1998a.
62. De la Croix D., Growth and the relativity of satisfaction, Mathematical Social Sciences, 36, 105-125, 1998b.
63. De la Croix D., F. Palm and G. Pfann, A Dynamic Contracting Model for Wages and Employment in Three European Economies, European Economic Review 40, 429-448, 1996a. DDLC-CV-7
64. De la Croix D., The dynamics of bequeathed tastes, Economics Letters 51, 89-96, 1996b.
65. Arnsperger C. and D. De la Croix, Envy-minimizing Unemployment Benefits, Economic Design, 2, 119-146, 1996c.
66. De la Croix D., X. Rousseaux, and JP. Urbain, To Fine or To Punish in the Late Middle Ages: a Time Series Analysis of Justice Administration in Nivelles: 1424 - 1536, Applied Economics, 28, 1213-1224, 1996d.
67. De la Croix D. and O. Licandro, Underemployment, Irreversibilities and Growth under Trade Unionism, Scandinavian Journal of Economics 97, 385-399, 1995a.
68. De la Croix D. and E. Toulemonde, Efficient Over-manning, Oxford Economic Papers 47, 493-500, 1995b.
69. De la Croix D. and JF. Fagnart, Underemployment of Production Factors in a Forward- looking Model , Labour Economics 2, 109-130, 1995c.
70. De la Croix D., Unemployment and Capacity Under-utilization in a Tobin’s q model, Recherches Economiques de Louvain 61, 403-432, 1995d.
71. De la Croix D. and JF. Fagnart, The Dynamics of Unemployment, Capacity Constraints and Demand Shortages, Annales d'Economie et de Statistique 37/38, 441-463, 1995e.
72. De la Croix D., Wage Interdependence through Decentralized Bargaining, Journal of Economic Surveys 8, 371-403, 1994a.
73. De la Croix D., Employment Response to Supply and Demand Shocks Under Envy in Wage Formation, De Economist 142, 1-17, 1994b.
74. Arnsperger C. and D. De la Croix, Bargaining and Equilibrium Unemployment: Narrowing the Gap Between New Keynesian and " Disequilibrium" Theories, European Journal of Political Economy 9, 163-190, 1993a.
75. De la Croix D., Wage Interdependence and Competitiveness, Recherches Economiques de Louvain 59, 395-425, 1993b.
76. De la Croix D., Externalities in Wage Formation and Structural Unemployment, Annales d'Economie et de Statistique 32, 17-41, 1993c.
77. De la Croix D. and O. Licandro, The q Theory of Investment under Unit Root Tests, Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles 139, 329-339, 1993d.
78. De la Croix D. and O. Licandro, Investment under Demand Uncertainty and Capacity Constraints, Economie et Prévision 106, 85-95, 1992a.
79. De la Croix D., Wage Bargaining, Social Security and Capital-Labour Substitution, Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles 133, 73-97, 1992b. DDLC-CV-8
80. Arnsperger C. and D. De la Croix, Wage Bargaining With a Price-Setting Firm, Bulletin of Economic Research 42, 285-298, 1990.
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS – ARTICLES IN COLLECTIVES VOLUMES (LIGHT REFEREEING)
81. Baudin T., D. De la Croix, P. Gobbi, Childlessness and Economic Development: A Survey, in Human Capital and Economic Growth: The Impact of Health, Education and Demographic Change, A. Bucci, A. Prskawetz, and K. Prettner eds, Palgrave - MacMillan, p55-90, 2019 82. De la Croix D., The relevance of quantitative economic theory for historical demography, in Koen Matthijs, Saskia Hin, Jan Kok & Hideko Matsuo (eds.) The future of historical demography. Upside down and inside out. Leuven / Den Haag: Acco Publishers, p96-100, 2016. 83. De la Croix D., «Did Longer Lives Buy Economic Growth? From Malthus to Lucas and Ben- Porath», in Demographic Change and Long-Run Development, M. Cervellati and U. Sunde eds, MIT Press, chapter 4, p69-89, 2017. 84. De la Croix, D., F. Docquier and M. Schiff, Brain Drain and Economic Performance in Small Islands Developing States. In: Andrés Artal-Tur & Giovanni Peri & Francisco Requena-Silvente (eds): The Socio-Economic Impact of Migration flows. Effects on Trade, Remittances, Output, and the Labour Market, Chapter 6, 123-144, Springer, 2014b.
85. De la Croix D. and P. Gobbi, L’expansion de l’éducation en Afrique annonce-t-elle sa transition démographique?, Dounia - revue d'intelligence stratégique et de relations internationales, 7, 33-50, 2014a.
86. Boucekkine R., D. De la Croix and O. Licandro, Vintage capital growth theory: Three breakthroughs, Frontiers of Economic Growth and Development, de La Grandville eds, Emerald, chap 5, 87-116, 2011.
87. De la Croix D., Education Funding and the Sustainability of Diverse Societies, The Political Function of Education in Deeply Divided Countries, Theodor Hanf eds., Nomos, 321-332, 2011.
88. De la Croix D. and M. Lubrano, The Tradeoff Between Growth and Redistribution: ELIE in an Overlapping Generations Model, Macrojustice : A pluridisciplinary evaluation of Kolm's theory, C. Gamel and M. Lubrano eds, Springer, chap 11, 307-339, 2010.
89. De la Croix D., Adult Longevity and Economic Take-off: from Malthus to Ben-Porath, Institutional and Social Dynamics of Growth and Distribution, Neri Salvadori ed., Edward Elgard, chap 8, 172-190, 2010.
90. Boucekkine R., D. De la Croix and O. Licandro, Vintage Capital, The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Larry Blume and Steven Durlauf, eds, Palgrave Macmillan, 628 – 631, 2008. DDLC-CV-9
91. De la Croix D. and A. Gosseries, Procreation, Migration, and Tradable Quotas, in Population Aging, Intergenerational Transfers and the Macroeconomy, R. Clark, A.Mason and N. Ogawa eds, Edward Elgar Publishing, 227-249, 2007.
92. Azariadis C. and D. De la Croix, Financial Institutional Reform, Growth, and Equality, in Institutions, Development, and Economic Growth, T. Eicher and C. Garcia Peñalosa eds, 35-64, MIT Press, 2006.
93. De la Croix D. and C. Delavallade, Public Investment with Widespread Corruption - some Preliminary Results, in Investimento e Crescimento Economico no Brasil, Erly Cardoso Teixeira and Marcelo José Braga eds, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, p11-25, 2006.
94. De la Croix D., Standard-of-living aspirations and economic cycles, in Advances in Macroeconomic Theory, IEA Conference volume No 133, Jacques H. Drèze eds, 255-282, Palgrave, 2001c.
95. De la Croix D. and M. Lubrano, Are Real Interest Rate Responsible for Unemployment in the Eighties? A Bayesian Analysis of Cointegrated Relationships with a Regime Shift, Advances in Econometrics 11B, 147-184, JAI Press, 1996e.
OTHER ARTICLES – COMMENTS, BOOK REVIEWS
De la Croix D., «Economic Growth» in the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Second Edition), James Wright eds, Elsevier, 2015. [won the 2016 PROSE 'Award for Excellence in Reference Works']
De la Croix D., «Economic Growth» in the Social Science Encyclopedia, Adam Kuper and Jessica Kuper eds, Routledge, 2005.
De la Croix D., Discussion of «Knowledge, technology and economic growth: recent evidence from OECD countries», in How to promote growth in the Euro, Jan Smedts and Michel Dombrecht eds, Edward Elgar 98-103, 2001.
De la Croix D. and B. Van der Linden, Book review of «Labor demand and equilibrium wage formation», European Journal of Political Economy, 11, 391-397.
De la Croix D., Book review of «Price rigidity: causes and macroeconomic implications», Journal of Economics, 64, 120-123, 1996
EDITED VOLUMES
De Keuleneer E., Rentier B., Artige L., Boulanger P.M., Bréchet T., Cassiers I., De la Croix D., Donnay P., Maréchal K. Touzri A., La croissance: réalités et perspectives, Editions Université Ouverte, Charleroi, 2015. DDLC-CV-10
De la Croix D., F. Docquier, F. Mainguet, C. Perelmans and E. Wasmer, Capital humain et dualisme sur le marché du travail, DeBoeck, 2002.
De la Croix D., «Modelling macroeconomic dynamics: recent developments», Recherches Economiques de Louvain, 62, 235-238, 1996.
OTHER ARTICLES – POLICY PAPERS
1. The Consequences of Mr. Trump - Voices from Global AcademiaToday, Members of the International Panel on Social Progress (to whom I belong) share their personal thoughts, Huffpost, 2017.
2. Baudin T. and De la Croix D., La Croissance Economique, in De Keuleneer E. et al., La croissance: réalités et perspectives, p19-52.
3. De la Croix D., Education=Croissance ?, Itinera Institute Discussion Paper 2012/06, 2012.
4. De la Croix D., F. Docquier and B. van der Linden, L'impact économique de l'immigration sur les pays d'accueil, Migration Magazine, 5, 2011.
5. De la Croix D., and F. Docquier, Migration des travailleurs pauvres : une vision mondiale, Regards Croisés sur l’Economie, 8, 2010, p170-179.
6. De la Croix D., F. Docquier and B. van der Linden, Effets économiques d’une régularisation des sans-papiers en Belgique, Regards Economiques, 72, 2009.
7. De la Croix D., O. Pierrard and H. Sneessens, Les travailleurs âgés prennent-ils la place des jeunes ?, Brèves de l’IWEPS, 7, 2009.
8. De la Croix D. and M. Doepke, Politics and the Structure of Education Funding [with M. Doekpe], Vox, http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/559 publié en français: Financement privé de l'éducation inégalités et démocratie, Regards Economiques, 55, 2007.
9. De la Croix D., La TVA sociale : bonne pour l’emploi mais inégalitaire ? (Le Soir, 16 juin 2007)
10. De la Croix D. and P. Pestieau, Réformer le système des retraites belges, Regards Economiques, 51, 2007.
11. De la Croix D., Les Sans Papiers, l’Evangeliste et la loi du prix unique, Le Soir, June 22, 2006.
12. De la Croix D. and J. Lepers, Financement des pensions et taux d’activité des travailleurs âgés : Une proposition alternative, Regards Economiques, 32, 2005. also published in : Over Werk, Tijdschrift van het steunpunt WAV, Nr4, 2005. DDLC-CV-11
13. De la Croix D. and V. Vandenberghe, Human capital as a factor of growth and employment at the regional level. The case of Belgium, report for the European Commission, Employment and Social Affairs, 2004.
14. De la Croix D. and V. Bodart, Les finances publiques de la Belgique à long terme: quatre questions déplaisantes, Regards Economiques, 16, 2003.
15. De la Croix D. and V. Bodart, Petite fable budgétaire, L’Echo, 14 Octobre 2003.
16. De la Croix D. and JP. Vandeuren, Une allocation universelle financée par la TVA: entre utopie et réalisme, Le Soir, 31 octobre 2002.
17. De la Croix D. and JP. Vandeuren, Le programme économique de Vivant: entre utopie et réalisme, Regards Economiques, 5, 2002.
18. De la Croix D. and G. Mahieu, Les générations futures : un souci pour la politique budgétaire ? Regards Economiques, 1, 2002.
19. De la Croix D., A qui profite la dette ? La Libre Belgique, 4 janvier 2002.
20. De la Croix D., Gore, Bush, le partage des fruits de la croissance et les générations futures, l’Echo, 16 novembre 2000.
21. De la Croix D., Acquisition de capital humain, durée de la vie active et croissance, Revue Belge de Sécurité Sociale, 643-657, 2000.
22. De la Croix D. and F. Docquier, Capital humain et croissance régionale, Actes du 14ème congrès des économistes belges de langue française, CIFOP, commission 4, 2000.
23. De la Croix D., L'âge optimal de la retraite, Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique, 38, p73-76, 1999.
24. De la Croix D., L'avenir de la sécurité sociale au siècle prochain: Réflexions sur les différents outils d'analyse, Actes du 13ème congrès des économistes belges de langue française, CIFOP, commission 1, p229-246, 1998.
25. De la Croix D. and Q. Wibaut, La négociation collective, in Van der Linden B. eds, Chômage. Réduire la fracture, De Boeck, p176-224, 1997.
26. De la Croix D., Taxes et bénéfices, in Van der Linden B. eds, Chômage. Réduire la fracture, De Boeck, p365-373, 1997.
27. De la Croix D. and S. Deneulin, Relativité de la satisfaction et croissance économique, Actes du 12ème congrès des économistes belges de langue française, CIFOP, vol1, p153- 169, 1996. DDLC-CV-12
28. De la Croix D., La réduction du temps de travail: faisabilité et structure du marché de l'emploi, in La Wallonie au Futur - quelles stratégies pour l'emploi ?, Institut Jules Destrée, p69-78, 1996.
29. De la Croix D. and B. Thiry, Investissements dans l'industrie: un modèle prévisionnel, Bulletin de l'IRES, 186, 1996.
30. De la Croix D. and B. Delvaux, L'emploi, objectif prioritaire ?, Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique, 34, p75-98, 1995.
31. De la Croix D. and B. Delvaux, L'emploi, objectif prioritaire ?, in Derenne C. et L. Deutch eds, La fragmentation sociale, Economica, p139-166, 1995.
32. De la Croix D., Négociation Collective, Indexation, Cotisations Sociales ... Sous-optimalité et encadrement macroéconomique, Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique 33, p37-54, 1994.
33. De la Croix D., Un Modèle Explicatif des Politiques Sociales, Bulletin de l'IRES 146, 1990.
INVITED CONFERENCES & SEMINARS (last years)
“The Academic Market and the Rise of Universities in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (1000-1800) ”, Seminars at UCLA, UCDavis & Stanford University, California, February 27 – March 4, 2020
“The Academic Market and the Rise of Universities in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (1000-1800) ”, Seminars at IDC Herzliya, Tel Aviv university and Hebrew university, Israel January 19-22, 2020
“The Academic Market and the Rise of Universities in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (1000-1800) ”, Seminar at Copenhagen U. Denmark, December 11, 2019
“The Academic Market and the Rise of Universities in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (1000-1800) ”, Seminar at Poznan U., Poland, December 3, 2019
“The Academic Market and the Rise of Universities in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (1000-1800) ”, Workshop on Economic History, Bologna, September 2-3, 2019
“Lineages of Scholars in pre-industrial Europe: Nepotism vs Intergenerational Human Capital Transmission ”, Conference in honor of Michel Lubrano, Marseilles, France, June 20-21, 2019
“The Academic Market and the Rise of Universities in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (1000-1800) ”, Conference on Migration and Development, Madrid, Spain, June 17-18, 2019. DDLC-CV-13
“The Academic Market and the Rise of Universities in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (1000-1800) ”, CEPR Conference on Economic History, Tarragona, Spain, May 29-41, 2019
“Lineages of Scholars in pre-industrial Europe: Nepotism vs Intergenerational Human Capital Transmission ”, Conference on Family Macroeconomics, Girona, Spain, May 16-17, 2019
“The Academic Market and the Rise of Universities in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (1000-1800) ”, conference on Deep Rooted Factors, Brown University, May 11-12, 2019
“Migration and Selection Patterns of University Scholars in Medieval and Early Modern Europe”, seminar at NYU Abu Dhabi, December 3, 2018
“Migration and Selection Patterns of University Scholars in Medieval and Early Modern Europe”, Conference at the university of Paris 1 (CES), November 22-23, 2018
“Migration and Selection Patterns of University Scholars in Medieval and Early Modern Europe”, Conference at the university of Luxemburg in honor of Henri Sneessens, November 20, 2018
“Migration and Selection Patterns of University Scholars in Medieval and Early Modern Europe”, seminar at Université Libre de Bruxelles, October 23, 2018
« Childbearing Postponement, its Option Value, and the Biological Clock » (invited), Workshop on Families and Macroeconomics - Mannheim, 17-20 October,2018.
“Migration and Selection Patterns of University Scholars in Medieval and Early Modern Europe”, seminar at Toulouse School of Economics, October 8, 2018
“Migration and Selection Patterns of University Scholars in Medieval and Early Modern Europe”, World Economic History Conference, Boston, MA, July 30 – August 4, 2018
“Migration and Selection Patterns of University Scholars in Medieval and Early Modern Europe”, Conference on Institutions and Growth, PSE, Paris, 23-24 March, 2018
« Childbearing Postponement, its Option Value, and the Biological Clock », Workshop on Macroeconomics and Growth, Wuhan, China, June 18-20, 2018.
« Childbearing Postponement, its Option Value, and the Biological Clock », LISER, Singapore National University, 31 May 2018, 2018.
« Childbearing Postponement, its Option Value, and the Biological Clock », LISER, Singapore Management University, 30 May 2018, 2018.
« Childlessness, Celibacy, and Survival of the Richest in Pre-Industrial England », Bank of Italy Economic History Seminar, Rome, 19 March, 2018.
« Childbearing Postponement, its Option Value, and the Biological Clock », PSE, Paris, macroeconomic seminar, March 8, 2018. DDLC-CV-14
« Childbearing Postponement, its Option Value, and the Biological Clock », LISER, Luxemburg, March 13, 2018.
INVITED TEACHING IN SUMMER SCHOOLS
Lectures on Growth and Development, Capetown University, March 2012.
CICSE Lectures on Growth and Development, Banco di Napoli, April 2011
Population Economics Summer School, June 2011, International Max Planck Research School for Demography
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Referee for the following reviews (alphabetic order): American Economic Review, Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Science, …
And for American Economic Journal Macroeconomics, Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, Canadian Journal of Economics, Demographic Research, Economic Inquiry Economic Journal, Economic Modelling, Economica, Economics of Transition, Economie et Prévision, European Economic Review, European Journal of Political Economy, FinanzArchiv, Games and Economic Behaviour, International Economic Review, International Journal of Industrial Organisation, International Tax and Public Finance, Journal of Development Studies, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Economics, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Population Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Urban Economics, Labour Economics, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Manchester School, Mathematical Social Sciences, Open Economies Review, Population Studies, Recherches Economiques de Louvain, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Revue d'Economie Politique, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Social Choice and Welfare, Southern Economic Journal.
Editor in Chief of • Journal of Demographic Economics (2015-) Member of the Editorial Board of • Fiscal Studies (2006-), • Recherches Economiques de Louvain (1997-2014), • Cliometrica (2006-). Associate Editor of • Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (2004-2013), DDLC-CV-15
• Journal of Development Economics (2011-), • Journal of Public Economic Theory (2011-2015). External Expert for the FNRS (Belgium), CNRS (France), the FCT (Portugal), the ISF (Israel Science Foundation), the SNF (Switzerland), the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, and the European Commission (Research training networks, Marie Curie fellowships, ERC consolidator grants).
Member of the program committee of the Twelfth Annual Congress of the European Economic Association. (Toulouse, 1997), the Econometric Society European Meeting (Stockholm, 2003, Rotterdam, 2019).
Program chairman of the Twelfth congress of the International Economic Association. (Buenos Aires, 1999)
Participation to thesis committees at: Uppsala University (Sweden), Vienna University (Austria), Ecole Polytechnique (Paris), EHESS (Paris), University of Aix-Marseille II, University of Paris 1 (France), University of Namur, University of Ghent (Belgium). Participation to French and German “habilitation” committees at: University of Aix- Marseille II, Leipzig, Paris 1, and Toulouse.
ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES (service to Institution)
2018-2021: Chairman of IRES (research center at UCL)
2015-2016: Member of scientific commissions of the National Fund for Scientific Research (SHS-5, FORESIGHT)
2010-2015 : Member of the promotion committee (UCL).
2010-2014 : Member of the Research Council of the University (UCL)
2005-2010 : Director of the doctoral program in Economics, UCL.
2003-2005 : Director of the program « Master of Arts in Economics », UCL.
1998-2000 : Research director of IRES (Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales).
RESEARCH GRANTS
2015-2019 “Family Transformations: family and norms”ARC/UCL (as principal investigator)
2009-2013 “Sustainability”ARC/UCL (as principal investigator)
2008-2012 “Economic Policy and Finance in the Global Economy: Equilibrium Analysis and Social Evaluation“ PAI/UCL (with C. D’Aspremont) DDLC-CV-16
2003-2008 “New macroeconomic approaches to the development problem” - ARC/UCL (with R. Boucekkine (principal investigator) et al.)
2001-2003 “Investment patterns and long waves of regional development” – National Bank of Belgium mécénat
1999-2000 “Les technologies de l'information comme moteur de la croissance” – European Commission, DGXIII
1999-2004 "Growth and incentive design" - ARC/UCL (with R. Anderson (principal investigator) et al.)
1998-2000 "Dynamique du marché du travail" - FRFC/FNRS (with H. Sneessens)
1996-1998 "Chômage aspiration et croissance" - FSR/UCL
1996-2000 "Pour un pacte social renouvelé entre sécurité sociale et emploi" - SSTC (with B. van der Linden (principal investigator) et al.).