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J-PAL Europe will hold a week-long course on “Evaluation of Social Programs” in London (June 22-26), in partnership with EBRD. The course focuses on how to scientifically measure the effectiveness of development programs. This executive (...)

Philippe Michel passed away on July 22d, 2004. Through his publications, he still has an important place in economic research. The role he played in advising numerous young researchers over the years has led his friends to honor him through (...)

The Master’s Programme “Analysis and Policy in Economics” (APE) offers high-level, research-oriented courses in theoretical and applied Economics. Contact information: master-ape at ens.fr Deadline for applications: March 20th 2009 For more (...)

Henri de Castries, Chairman of the Board of Directors of AXA will deliver a speech on the financial crisis and future perspectives at a lunch in his honour at the French Consulate in New York on the 12th of February. This lunch, chaired by the (...)

The Paris School of Economics regularly invites visiting Professors from prestigious foreign universities, generally for periods of three months to one year. Two current visitors are presented below: Barbara Petrongolo: Lecturer in Economics (...)

MicroSimula, the Microsimulation and Public Policy Analysis Unit of the Paris School of Economics organise his first international conference on 9-10 February 2009 in Paris. Researchers from the Institute for Fiscal Studies of London, the (...)

The first holder of the Chair “Savoirs contre Pauvreté” (Knowledge against Poverty) created at the Collège de France jointly with the AFD (the French Development Agency), Esther Duflo, Associate Professor at the Paris School of Economics, gave her (...)

Philippe Jehiel, Associate Professor at the Paris School of Economics, is one of 11 European Economists to be awarded a grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This five-year grant was awarded for his project on the link between limited (...)

The Public Policy and Development (PPD) program will prepare students to become expert at analyzing, designing and evaluating economic policies in both developed and developing countries. All students willing to become active participants in (...)