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(n°1) Do you know this figure?

Income and earnings inequality in Great Britain: the Gini coefficient, 1978 to 2009 By Mike Brewer (U. Essex, IFS) & Liam Wren-Lewis (PSE, INRA) Short link to this article : http://bit.ly/2bLBUEY The figure plots how two types of (...)

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Angus Deaton’s lecture at PSE, 9 sept. 2016

PSE is glad to invite you to a lecture given by Sir Angus Deaton (Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School), recipient of the 2015 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel; he has recently published in French "La (...)

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PSE events programme - September 2016

Voici la liste, à date*, des événements (co)organisés par PSE à la rentrée 2016-2017. Pour toute question et/ou pour vous inscrire, contacter les référents associés à chaque événement. .......................... Conférence d’Angus Deaton (Woodrow Wilson (...)

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What should you read this summer?

Mars 2016 « Les représentants du personnel » Thomas Breda* Presses de Sciences Po Février 2016 « Why Muslim Integration Fails in Christian-Heritage Societies » Claire L. Adida, David D. Laitin, Marie-Anne Valfort* Harvard University Press Février (...)

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May - June 2016 Press Review

Retrouvez une nouvelle sélection d’interventions récentes des économistes de PSE - Ecole d’économie de Paris dans les médias. Katheline Schubert - Quotas carbone mal évalués, plafonds d’émissions trop élevés… Pourquoi l’UE fait fausse route dans sa (...)

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“A word from...” Thomas Breda

Company negotiations are at the heart of a paradox: little used by the actors involved – firms and staff representatives – and little studied by economists, they could, however, be the key to unlocking a deficient social dialogue... and offer new (...)

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(G-MonD) Note n°16 “Can natural disasters have positive consequences ? Evidence from earthquakes in rural Indonesia”

Jérémie Gignoux and Marta Menéndez Title: “Can natural disasters have positive consequences ? Evidence from earthquakes in rural Indonesia” References: Note G-MonD n°16, June 2016 Abstract: Using longitudinal household surveys together with (...)

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(May-June) 5 papers... 5 minutes

May 2016 Financing infrastructure in developing countries - Antonio Estache, Tomas Serebrisky and Liam Wren-Lewis Estimates suggest that developing economies need US$1.5 trillion of infrastructure investments per year to generate (...)

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June 2016: Best young french economist: C.Landais. G.Ponthière and N.Coeurdacier nominated

Each year, Le Monde and Le Cercle des économistes announce “the Best Young economist Prize”. This prize rewards the work of a young researcher (below 40) who contributes to promote the different aspects of economics and social sciences. This year’s (...)

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