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(December 12-14) Paris-London Public Economics Conference

PSE is glad to welcome the Paris-London Public Economics Conference co-organized by Sciences Po - Department of Economics, London School of Economics (LSE), Institut des Politiques Publiques (IPP), University College London (UCL), Institute For (...)

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(December 9) The World Inequality Lab contributed with a chapter to the Human Development Report 2019

The World Inequality Lab and the Paris School of Economics are glad to announce the WIL’s contribution to the Human Development Report 2019 “Beyond Income, Beyond Averages, Beyond Today: Inequalities in Human Development in the 21st Century“, (...)

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(A word from) Gilles Postel-Vinay: “The system that our work highlights included credit activity on a scale that we had not imagined.”

In 2001, the book “Des marchés sans prix. Une économie politique du crédit à Paris, 1660-1870” (1) was published by Éditions de l’EHESS, in which Philip T. Hoffman, Gilles Postel-Vinay and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal analyse how credit institutions (...)

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(December 10) Workshop “Analyse de l’action publique, construction et prise en compte des normes, et dispositifs collectifs d’acteurs”

PSE is glad to host the “Analyse de l’action publique, construction et prise en compte des normes, et dispositifs collectifs d’acteurs” workshop: a day of meeting and dialogue between economists, political scientists and sociologists on the theme of (...)

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(December 5) Lecture by Nicholas Bloom: “Why do Stock Markets Jump (and Trump’s impact on Markets)?”

The SCOR-PSE Chair is glad to invite you to a special lecture given by Nicholas Bloom (Stanford University) on December 5, 2019, entitled « Why do Stock Markets Jump (and Trump’s impact on Markets)? ». The conference will take place at the Paris (...)

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(December 9-10) The Economics of Energy Transition

The Winter 2019 thematic workshop of FAERE will be hosted by PSE - Paris School of Economics on December 9-10th, 2019. The workshop will focus on energy transition and include topics on fossil fuel use, renewable energy, energy efficiency, (...)

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(SCOR-PSE Chair) Newsletter #3 - December 2019

The SCOR-PSE Chair on Macroeconomic Risk has been launched in June 2018. Held by PSE, it is financed by the SCOR Foundation for Science. Under the scientific leadership of Gilles Saint-Paul (PSE, ENS) and the executive leadership of Axelle (...)

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(Replay) September 30, 2019 - Thomas Piketty: “Capital and ideology”

On September 30 2019, Thomas Piketty (1) held a conference as part of the Debates on Equality at PSE. This conference was dedicated to the presentation of his book “Capital and ideology” published by Éditions du Seuil. Watch the replay of the full (...)

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(In the news) Too good in reading to study math?

In a few words The gender differences in mathematics performance in developed countries are small and by themselves do not really explain the significant under-representation of women in maths-related fields. Thomas Breda (CNRS/PSE) and (...)

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A glimpse of the PSE Job Forum 2019

The second edition of the PSE Job Forum took place on November 28, 2019. The event was divided in two key moments: the meeting forum during which our students from APE, PPD and EDCBA masters had the opportunity to speak with professionals from (...)

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