Initiatives : PSE-CEPR Policy Forum

The Paris School of Economics (PSE) and the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) organize an annual policy forum devoted to the discussion of emerging issues among leading researchers and policymakers.

The Policy Forum in video

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2025 edition

Program

Chair: Ariell Reshef (PSE, CNRS)

09:00-09:30 – Welcome speeches
Jean-Olivier Hairault (PSE, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), Beatrice Weder di Mauro (CEPR) – TBC

09.00-09:45 – Opening Lecture
Questions and challenges for 21st century labor markets
Barbara Petrongolo (University of Oxford)

09:45-10:45 – Carbon Tax and Labor Reallocation: The Role of Firm Heterogeneity and Energy Efficiency
François Fontaine (PSE, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
Discussant: Antonin Bergeaud (HEC Paris)

10:45-11:00 – Coffee break

11:00-12:00 – Technological Progress of Generative AI capabilities at Work in Finance and Business
Maria del Rio-Chanona (UCL)
Discussant: Alexandra Roulet (INSEAD)

12:00-13:00 – Presentations PhD students selected by the CEPR call for papers

13:00-14:00 – Lunch break and Poster Session PhD students

14:00-15:30 – Policy Session – International Monetary Fund
Gen-AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work
Giovanni Melina (International Monetary Fund)
Discussant: Stijn Broecke (OECD)

15:30-16:00 – Coffee break and Poster Session PhD students

16:00-17:00 – Keynote Lecture
Expertise, Artificial Intelligence, and the Work of the Future
David Autor (MIT)

17:00-18:00 – Policy Conversation

David Autor (MIT)
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas (International Monetary Fund)
Moderated by Tim Phillips (CEPR)

Chair: Marc Gurgand (PSE, CNRS)

09:45-10:45 – Does Feasibility Explain the Unequal Development of Working From Home?
Thomas Breda (PSE, CNRS)
Discussant: Eva Moreno-Galbis (Aix-Marseille School of Economics)

10:45-11:45 – The Spatial and Distributive Implications of Working-from-Home: A General Equilibrium Model
Morgane Richard (Sciences Po)
Discussant: Laurent Gobillon (PSE, CNRS)

11:45-12:00 – Coffee break

12:00-13:00 – Presentations PhD students selected by the CEPR call for papers

13:00-14:00 – Lunch break and Poster Session PhD students

14:00-15:30 – Policy Session – DARES
Working Conditions and Telework in France: Trends, Risks and Emerging Insights
Elisabeth Algava and Fabien Guggemos (DARES)
Discussant: Clémence Berson (European Central Bank)

15:30-16:00 – Coffee break and Poster Session PhD students

16:00-17:00 – Keynote Lecture
Why Working from Home Will Stick?
Steven J. Davis (Hoover Institution, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research)

17:00-17:30 – Daniel Cohen Prize Award Ceremony

17:30-19:00 – Policy Conversation

Steven J. Davis (Hoover Institution, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research)
Michel Houdebine (DARES)
Éric Maurin (PSE, EHESS)
Moderated by Tim Phillips (CEPR)

Chair: Luc Behaghel (PSE, INRAE)

09:45-10:45 – Rise in home working and spousal labor supply
Mylène Feuillade (PSE)
Discussant: Ghazala Azmat (Sciences Po)

10:45-11:45 – Gender Competition and Norms around Women’s Work
Suanna Oh (PSE)
Discussant: Federica Meluzzi (CREST)

11:45-12:00 – Coffee break

12:00-13:00 – Presentations PhD students selected by the CEPR call for papers

13:00-14:00 – Lunch break and Poster Session PhD students

14:00-15:30 – Policy Session – OECD
The Role of Firms on the Gender Wage Gap: Evidence and Policy Perspectives
Stephane Carcillo (OECD)
Discussant: Anne Boring (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

15:30-16:00 – Coffee break and Poster Session PhD students

16:00-17:00 – Keynote Lecture
Gender Inequality: An Overview of the Latest Research
Marianne Bertrand (University of Chicago Booth School of Business)

17:00-18:00 – Policy Conversation