2016 AMSE RESEARCH REPORT Aix-Marseille School of Economics Coordination Yann Bramoullé Compiled by Marine Boléa - Yves Doazan Designed and produced by Sylvain Hourany - Yves Doazan Assistant: Morgane Bertrand-Pauly Photos: Grégory Cornu, Marif Deruffi, Ecole AMSE, Franck Pourcel © aix-marseille school of economics - 2017 Aix-Marseille School of Economics 2 01 FOREWORD Yann Bramoullé, AMSE scientific director 02 HUMAN RESOURCES 2.1 Permanent researchers Departures and arrivals - Awards 2.2 PhDs candidates and postdoctoral fellows PhDs candidates New-PhD-level curriculum Postdoctoral fellows 2.3 Visiting and mobility Visitors Mobility and visiting program 03 RESEARCH 3.1 Publications 3.2 Research highlights 04 GRANTS 05 SCIENTIFIC EVENTS 5.1 Globalization lectures 5.2 Policy lectures 5.3 Seminars 5.4 Conferences and workshops 06 ECOLE AMSE 6.1 Overview 6.2 The Master AMSE 6.3 The Magistère Ingénieur Economiste AMSE 07 APPENDICES 7.1 Human resources Permanent researchers (2.1) AMSE PhDs - thesis defences (2.2) Postdoctoral fellows (2.2) Visiting and mobility (2.3) 7.2 Research Articles, book chapters, books (3.1) Working papers (3.1) 7.3 Scientific events Globalization lectures (5.1) Policy lectures (5.2) Seminars (5.3) Conferences and workshops (5.4) Aix-Marseille School of Economics 4 01 FOREWORD Yann Bramoullé, AMSE scientific director Aix-Marseille School of Economics 5 Foreword This report presents the academic activities and achievements of the Aix-Marseille School of Economics (AMSE) during the calendar year 2016. Our community is now composed of 93 permanent researchers, 18 postdocs and 87 doctoral students. In 2016, we welcomed 5 new researchers – Paul Belleflamme, Jernej Copic, Charles Figuières, Eva Moreno-Gal- bis, and Lorenzo Rotunno, 7 new postdocs and 18 new doctoral students. During the year, 8 researchers and 4 postdocs moved elsewhere and 15 doctoral students defended their dissertation. We made some important changes to our PhD program in 2016. We introduced the external evaluation of a single-authored paper and a job-market training program to the academic PhD track. We also launched a new “on-the-job” PhD track targeting economists already employed. 2016 publications include 71 articles in peer-reviewed economic journals, 19 of them in journals rated top by CNRS, 37 articles in other disciplines, 12 book chapters and 5 books. AMSE’s scientific interaction flourished, with 3 globalization lectures, 113 seminars, 5 conferences - including the main international conference on public economics, the Journées Louis-André Gérard-Varet - and 10 workshops. Our visitors’ program is also flourishing. We have notably hosted 6 researchers from very good foreign univer- sities - 3 from Canada, 2 from the US and 1 from Australia - for periods ranging from 3 months to a whole year. We hope you enjoy reading this report! Yann Bramoullé Scientific Director Aix-Marseille School of Economics 6 02 HUMAN RESOURCES 2.1 Permanent researchers Departures and arrivals - Awards 2.2 PhDs candidates and postdoctoral fellows PhDs New PhD-level curriculum Postdoctoral fellows 2.3 Visiting and mobility Visitors Mobility and visiting program Aix-Marseille School of Economics 7 Human resources 2.1) Permanent researchers In 2016, AMSE had 93 researchers working in two research units, GREQAM (Groupement de recherche en économie quantitative) – 85 members – and SESSTIM (Sciences économiques et sociales de la santé et traite- ment de l’information médicale) – 8 members. GREQAM: • 62 researchers at Aix-Marseille University: 19 assis- • Jernej Copic: PhD from California Institute of tant professors and 43 professors, Technology (CALTECH) where he was visiting • 15 researchers at CNRS: 6 research fellows and 9 re- associate, and assistant professor at the search professors, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), • 3 researchers at Ecole Centrale de Marseille: 2 assis- he is a professor at Aix-Marseille University. tant professors and 1 professor, • 2 researchers at EHESS: 1 assistant professor and 1 • Charles Figuières: PhD from GREQAM and researcher research professor, at the French national institute for agronomic research • 2 researchers at Kedge Business School: 1 associate (INRA), he is a professor at Aix-Marseille University. professor and 1 assistant professor, • 1 researcher at University of Toulon: an assistant • Eva Moreno-Galbis: PhD from Catholic University professor. of Louvain (UCL) and professor at the University of Angers as well as associate researcher at IRES and CREST, she is a professor at Aix-Marseille University. SESSTIM: • Lorenzo Rotunno: PhD from the Graduate Institute • 5 INSERM researchers of International and Development Studies, Geneva, • 3 IRD researchers and post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Oxford, he is a professor at Aix-Marseille University. Departures and arrivals Eight researchers left AMSE in 2016. Four retired: Alain Leroux, Jean Magnan de Bornier, Bernard Py, and 5 new members joined AMSE in 2016: Jean-Benoît Zimmermann. Four joined other research institutions: Pierre-Philippe Combes joined GATE Paul Belleflamme: PhD from University of Namur and (Groupe d’analyse et de théorie économique, Lyon), Thi- professor at Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), he bault Gajdos joined LPC (Laboratoire de psychologie co- joined GREQAM as a professor at Aix-Marseille University. gnitive, Marseille), Alan Kirman is now at CAMS (Centre d’analyse et de mathématique sociales, Paris), and Gilles Stupfler at the University of Nottingham. Aix-Marseille School of Economics 8 Human resources Awards Eva Moreno Galbis was distinguished by being admitted as a junior member to the Institut universitaire de France (IUF) French academic institute of France Her IUF project covers two research axes: The first axis, ‘Immigrants’ pro- fessional choice’, explores three aspecs. First, it employs French databases to analyze the concentration of immigrants by jobs and the consequences on wage inequality. Second, it analyzes the impact of these choices on immigrants’ health trajectories. Third, using European data, it analyzes the determinants of social attitudes towards immi- grants and their impact on the immigrants’ professional choice. The second research axis, ”The role of social networks”, uses European data, to assess the role of social networks in newly arrived immigrants’ professional choice. It also aims to ex- plore theoretically the informal sector’s impact on immigrants’ professional trajectories. 2.2) PhDs candidates and post- Dharmanand Lochun, PhD 2016 (P. Garello) Consultant, Air Mauritius, Mauritius doctoral fellows Vivien Lespagnol, PhD 2016 (J. Rouchier) Temporary lecturer, Université Côte d’Azur, France PhDs candidates Frédia Monsia, PhD 2016 (G. Dufrénot, K. Gente) Temporary lecturer, Université Paris Sud, France In 2016, AMSE had 87 doctoral students, compared Simon Ray, PhD 2016 (P. Pintus) Economist, Banque de France, France to 81 in 2015 and 80 in 2014. Aurélia Tison, PhD 2016 (A. Ventelou, A. Paraponaris) Consultant, Stratégie Santé, France At the start of the 2016-2017 academic year, AMSE wel- comed 18 new doctoral students: 12 men and 6 wo- men. New PhD-level curriculum The new PhD-level curriculum offers two tracks: In 2016, 15 doctoral students defended their disserta- a classical Academic PhD track and an `On- tion. the-job’ PhD track open to economists already employed. AMSE PhD programme 2016 placement Academic PhD track Antoine Bonleu, PhD 2016 (B. Decreuse, T. van Ypersele) The new track of AMSE’s PhD program aims at Economist, Cereq, France international academic excellence and acce- Kadija Charni, PhD 2016 (S. Bazen) lerated placement of our graduates. The main Post-doctoral fellow, Centre d’études de l’emploi, France innovations are: a mandatory research visit to Thomas Chuffart, PhD 2016 (A. Péguin, E. Flachaire) a foreign university, external evaluation of a Assistant professor, Université de Franche-Comté, France single-authored research paper, and a job-mar- Cyril Dell’Eva, PhD 2016 (E. Girardin, P. Pintus) ket training program. Temporary lecturer, Université de Nancy, France Noé Guiraud, PhD 2016 (J. Rouchier) `On the job’ PhD track Post-doctoral fellow, Universityé Paris Diderot, France This in-service curriculum is tailored for eco- Emma Hooper, PhD 2016 (P. Pintus, R. Boucekkine) nomists who work in international institutions, Economist, Direction Générale du Trésor, France private firms and public agencies. As a test, Hyacinthe Kankeu, PhD 2016 (B. Ventelou) we enrolled 4 such candidates in September Research Fellow, Centre for Health Economics, University of 2016 (working at the UN, the IMF and in a Swiss York, United Kingdom finance company). A similar cohort was enrolled Ramzi Klabi, PhD 2016 (J. Magnan de Bornier) in September 2017. The program shall now be Unknown or pending placement advertised to economists from developing and Audrey Michel Lepage, PhD 2016 (B. Ventelou, M. Drancourt) Consultant, Key Performance, France Mediterranean countries. Aix-Marseille School of Economics 9 Human resources Postdoctoral fellows In 2016, there were 18 postdoctoral fellows at AMSE. 7 postdocs joined AMSE in 2016 (5 in 2015): • Ugo Bolletta, PhD from University of Bologna in 2016, • Marwân-al-Qays Bousmah, PhD from Aix-Marseille University in 2015, • Zouheir El-Sahli, PhD from University of Nottin- gham in 2013, • Pierre Pecher, PhD from Catholic University of Lou- vain in 2016, • André Pozzetti, PhD from University of Valenciennes and Hainaut-Cambresis in 2015, • Klarizze Puzon,