PAOLO MELINDI-GHIDI Academic CV – April 2019 Paris Nanterre University 200, Av. de la Republique 92000 Nanterre, France E-mail: paolo.melindighidi@ parisnanterre.fr Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/pmelindighidiecon/ CURRENT POSITION Maître de Conference (Associate Professor) – Paris Nanterre University, France Research Associate, GREQAM-AMSE, Aix-Marseille Univeristy, France PAST POSITIONS 02/2017 – 08/2017 Post-doctoral researcher at BETA, University of Strasbourg, France 02/2015 – 12/2016 Post-doctoral researcher in Economics at GREQAM, University of Aix-Marseille, France 02/2012 – 01/2015 Researcher FP7 at BioGov Unit, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium RESEARCH INTERESTS Primary Fields: Population Economics, Environmental Economics, Dynamics of Inequality Secondary Fields: Public Economics, Political Economy, Cultural Economics EDUCATION Ph.D. In Economics, European Doctoral Program, 2012 - UCLouvain IRES, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium (visiting at PSE - Paris School of Economics - 2011) Title of the Thesis: 'The Dynamics of Inequality, Minorities and School Choice' Supervisor: David de la Croix (Professor, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium) Members of the Jury: Matteo Cervellati, Frédéric Docquier, Thierry Verdier Master of Arts in Economics (DEA), 2007 - UCLouvain IRES, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium Supervisor: Frédéric Docquier (Professor, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium) Grade: Distinction Bachelor in Political Sciences, 2004 University of Bologna, Italy Supervisor: Paolo Onofri (Professor, Università di Bologna, Italy) Grade: 110/110 with laude TEACHING 2018 – 2019 MCF, Environmental Economics (Master 1), Paris-Nanterre University, France 2017 – 2019 MCF, Economics of Natural Resources (Master 1), Paris-Nanterre University, France 2017 – 2019 MCF, Macroeconomics (L1), Paris-Nanterre University, France 2017 – 2019 MCF, Introduction to Economic Analysis (L1), Paris-Nanterre University, France 2017 – 2019 TD, Macroeconomics (L1), Paris-Nanterre University, France 2014 – 2017 Lecturer, Growth and Economic Crises (Master 2), Ecole Centrale Marseille, France RESEARCH Publications in Peer-reviewed Journals : [J8] “The Love for Children Hypothesis and the Multiplicity of Fertility Rates” (with Seegmuller, T.) forthcoming in Journal of Mathematical Economics. [J7] “Inequality, Educational Choice and Public School Quality in Income Mixing Communities” (2018) in Journal of Public Economic Theory, Vol 20(6), pp. 914-943. [J6] “Networked Innovation and Coalition Formation: the Effect of Group-Based Social Preferences” (2018) in Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Vol 27(7), pp. 577-593 (with Dedeurwaerdere, T. and Sas W.) [J5] “Combining intrinsic and extrinsic motivations for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services: Lessons from successful multi-actor network governance arrangements in Europe” (2016) in Environmental Science and Policy, Vol. 58(1), pp. 1-10 (with Dedeurwaerdere, T. et al.) [J4] “Global scientific research commons under the Nagoya Protocol: towards a collaborative economy model for the sharing of basic research assets" (2016) in Environmental Science and Policy, Vol. 55(1), pp. 1-10 (with Dedeurwaerdere, T., and Brogiatto, A.) [J3] “The role of network bridging organisations in compensation payments for agro-environmental services under the EU Common Agricultural Policy," (2015) in Ecological Economics, Vol 119, pp. 24-38 (with Dedeurwaerdere, T., and Polard, A.) [J2] “Differences in Fertility Behaviour and Uncertainty: An Economic Theory of the Minority Status Hypothesis” (2013) in Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 26(3), pp. 887-905 (with Chabe-Ferret, B.) [J1] “A Model of Ideological Transmission with Endogenous Parental Preferences” (2012) in International Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 8(4), pp. 381-403. Working papers, Submitted and R&R: [WP4] “Social Divisiveness and Conflicts: Grievances Matter! AMSE Working Papers, Aix-Marseille School of Economics, 2019 pp. 1-46 (with Boucekkine, R., Desbordes, R.), 2019, Submitted [WP3] “Education Politics, Schooling Choice and Public School Quality: The Impact of Income Polarization” AMSE Working Papers, Aix-Marseille School of Economics, 2016 (with Benzida, M., Lubrano, M.) Submitted [WP2] “Invest as You Go: How Public Health Investment Keeps Pension Systems Healthy” AMSE Working Papers 1525, Aix-Marseille School of Economics, pp. 1-21, 2015 (with Sas, W.) Submitted [WP1] “Building Bridges for the Adoption of Deep Green Environment Measures: The Impact of Specialized Knowledge Brokers” (with Dedeurwaerdere, T. and Fabbri, G.) Submitted REFEREE ACTIVITIES Journal of Population Economics (2), Macroeconomic Dynamics, Journal of Public Economic Theory (3), Population, Economics of Innovation and new Technologies, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Bulletin of Econ Research, Economic Bulletin RESEARCH PROJECTS, SCHOLARSHIPS & HONORS 02/2017 – 08/2017 FamPol ANR (PostDoc) PI: Bertrand Koebel, - BETA, Strasbourg University (FR) 02/2015 – 12/2016 DynIPer ANR (PostDoc) PI: Michel Lubrano, “The Dynamics of Inequality”,AMSE, Marseille(FR) 02/2012 – 01/2015 GenCommons FP7 (Researcher) PI: Tom Dedeurwaerdere, Biogov Unit, U. of Louvain (BE) 10/2010 – 01/2012 ARC Ph.D. Scholarship, IRES, Catholic University of Louvain (BE) 10/2008 – 09/2010 Scholarship for the project “Cultural Assimilation of Ethnic Minorities and Elites”, Bologna (IT) 01/2008 – 09/2009 PAI Ph.D. Scholarship, IRES, Catholic University of Louvain (BE) Prize “Biagio Morelli”, I edition, Confconsumatori Association, Parma (2000 euro, best article on consumerism issues) Prize “Mario Pannunzio”, Einaudi Foundation and Accademia dei Lincei, Torino (1000 euro, best undergraduate thesis) Prize “Angelo Costa”, IX edition, Rivista di Politica Economica (Publication in Rivista di Politica Economica for the best undergraduate thesis) Prize Fausto Vicarelli” XVII Prize, Luigi Einaudi Foundation (ex-aequo) (1500 euro, best undergraduate thesis) PAPERS PRESENTATION AT CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS: 2019: CREST Seminar (March, Paris) 2018: Lunch Seminar (April, Nanterre), SIE Conference (October, Bologne) ASSET Conference (November, Florence) 2017: ASSET Conference (Algiers, Algeria), Real Finance Interdependencies Conference PSE (July, Paris), ESPE XXI Conference (June, Glasgow), BETA JPO (Strasboug, March), GREDEG JPO (Nice, March), ECONOMIX JPO, (Nanterre, March), GAEL JPO (February, Grenoble), ADRES Conference (February, Toulouse) 2016: DynIper Conference (May, Marseille), ASSET Conference (November, Thessalonoky), International Macro Workshop (November, Marseille), OLG Days (December, Luxembourg) 2015: TMENA Workshop (October, Aix en Provence), ADRES Conference (Decembre, University of Cergy-Pontoise) 2014: GREQAM Lunch Seminar (January, Marseille), IRES Lunch Seminar (May, Louvain-la-Neuve), DynIper Workshop (May, Marseille), BIOGOV Workshop (October, Louvain-la-Neuve) 2013: IRES Seminar, (April, Louvain-la-Neuve), ISNIE Conference (June, Firenze), PET Conference (July, Lisbone) 2012: ADRES (January, Marseille), BIOGOV Workshop (October, Louvain-la-Neuve) 2011: EDP Jamboree (March, Bonn), UCL Doctoral Workshop (May, Louvain-la-Neuve), IRES Macro Lunch Seminar (Octobre, Louvain-la-Neuve), SAEe Conference (December, Malaga) 2010: DSE Seminar (February, Bologna), Journées Générations Imbriquées (March, Vielsalm), Doctoral Workshop (May, Louvain-la-Neuve), ARC Sustainability Workshop (May, Louvain-la-Neuve) 2009: EDP Jamboree, London School of Economics EDP (April, London), IRES Macroeconomics Lunch Seminar (May,Louvain-la-Neuve), ESPE XXIII Conference (June, Seville), PAI Workshop (October, Leuven) SCIENTIFIC RESPONSABILITIES 2018 - present Elected member of the council of the Economic Department – Paris-Nanterre University 2018 - present Co-organiser (of the Seminar Series EEET – Paris-Nanterre University 2018 - present Member of the Scientific Committee of Calenda - Open Edition - (CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, EHESS, Avignon University), France 2018 - 2019 Member of Recruitment Committee MCF, n° 4505 Paris-Nanterre University, France 2018 - 2019 Member of Recruitment Committee MCF, Tenure-Track - Aix-Marseille University, France 2017 - 2018 Member of Recruitment Committee MCF n°1926, Paris 1-Sorbonne, France 2017 - 2018 Member of Recruitment Committee MCF n°1989 Paris 1, Paris 1-Sorbonne, France 2017 - 2018 Member of Recruitment Committee MCF n°2180 Paris 1, Paris 1-Sorbonne, France 2017 - 2018 Co-organizer of the workshop: Environment, Growth, Populations, Paris-Nanterre, France 2015 - 2016 Member of the scientific committee of the DynIPer conference, Marseille, France 2008 – 2012 Member of the doctoral workshop committee , Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium VISITING – EXPERIENCE ABROAD 2014 GREQAM, Aix et Marseille University, Visiting Researcher (09/2014 – 01/2015) 2011 Ecole d’Economie de Paris (PSE), Visiting for European Doctoral Program (02-07/2011) 2011 Minerva Summer School in Economic Growth (07/2011, Jerusalem) 2008 Minerva Summer School in Economic Growth (07/2008, Jerusalem) MISCELLANOUS Languages Italian (mother tongue), English (fluent, spoken and written), French (very good, spoken and written), Spanish (very good, spoken and written) Softwares/Packages Mathematica, Stata, MatLab, LaTex, ArcGIS, PhilCharto, ArcGis, Dynare, MS Office Nationality Italian/Belgian ACADEMIC REFERENCES Raouf Boucekkine David de la Croix Michel Lubrano Thierry Verdier Aix-Marseille University Université cath. de Louvain Aix-Marseille University Paris School of Economics 2, Rue de la Vielle Charité 3, Place Montesquieu 2, Rue de la Vielle Charité 48 Boulevard Jourdan 13002, Marseille (FR) 1348, Louvain-la-Neuve 13002, Marseille (FR) 13002, Paris (FR) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected].