David de la Croix - Université catholique de Louvain

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David de la Croix
e-mail: [email protected]
website: http://www.de-la-croix.be
Curriculum Vitae
Last Update: December, 2014
EXPERIENCE
Full professor at IRES & CORE, UCLouvain
Invited professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (2000-2001), Université de la
Méditerranée, Aix-Marseille (December 1997, December 1998, April 2000, April 2004),
Paris X – Nanterre (November 2007), University of Copenhagen (2008) Université de Liège
(1994-1995), National Taiwan University (2009), University of Capetown (2012).
1995-2005: Research Associate at the National Fund for Scientific Research (Belgium).
1992-1993: Research Fellow at the Rijksuniversiteit Limburg (Maastricht).
1989-1993: Research assistant (1989-1993) and Post doc. Researcher (1993-1995) at the
National Fund for Scientific Research.
1989-1990: Military Service.
1988-1989: Research assistant at the Université catholique de Louvain (sociology).
EDUCATION
1992: Ph.D. in Economics (Université catholique de Louvain). Director: H. Sneessens.
1988: Master of Arts in Economics (Louvain) with Magna cum laude.
1987: "Licence" in Economics (Namur and Louvain) with Summa cum laude.
TEACHING
1996: Supervising Ph.D. theses (Louvain).
Completed theses: Alexandra Rillaers (2000), Rafael Munoz (2000), Géraldine Mahieu
(2002), Joao Medeiros (2003), Lionel Artige (2004), Fabio Mariani (2005), Tapas Mishra
(2006), Carmen Camacho (2007), Alessandro Sommacal (2008), Davide Dottori (2009),
Luca Marchiori (2009), Gül Ertan Özgüler (2010), Paolo Melindi Ghidi (2012), Paula Eugenia
Gobbi (2013), Emeline Bezin (2015).
1993: Teaching macroeconomics and growth at the BA and graduate levels (Louvain).
AWARDS
2014-2017: Francqui Research Professorship
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2010-2013: United Nations: Panel on New Challenges in Population and Development
(IUSSP)
2003-2004: Francqui Chair, Ghent University.
2000-2001: Fulbright research grant.
2000-2001: NATO research grant.
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS – BOOKS
De la Croix D., Fertility, Education, Growth and Sustainability, Cambridge University Press,
2012.
De la Croix D. and P. Michel, A Theory of Economic Growth: Dynamics and Policy in
Overlapping Generations, Cambridge University Press, 2002.
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS – JOURNAL ARTICLES (REFEREED)
43 coauthors, 79 published papers, 3055 citations (G. Scholar), 785 citations in Scopus.
1. De la Croix D. and F. Docquier, An incentive mechanism to break the low-skill
immigration deadlock, Review of Economic Dynamics.
2. Baudin T., De la Croix D., and P. Gobbi, Fertility and childlessness in the United States,
American Economic Review.
3. De la Croix D. and F. Mariani, From Polygyny to Serial Monogamy: a Unified Theory of
Marriage Institutions, Review of Economic Studies.
4. De la Croix D. and P. Gobbi, L’expansion de l’éducation en Afrique annonce-t-elle sa
transition démographique?, Dounia, 7, 33-50, 2014b.
5. De la Croix D. and C. Delavallade, Why corrupt governments may receive more foreign
aid, Oxford Economic Papers, 66, 51-66, 2014a.
6. De la Croix D., O. Pierrard, and H. Sneessens, Aging and Pensions in General Equilibrium:
Labor Market Imperfections Matter, Journal of Economics Dynamics and Control, 37,
104-124, 2013b.
7. De la Croix D. and O. Licandro, The Child is Father of the Man - Implications for the
Demographic Transition, The Economic Journal, 123, 236-261, 2013a.
8. D’Albis H. and D. De la Croix, Missing Daughters, Missing Brides?, Economics Letters,
116, 358-360, 2012d.
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9. De la Croix D. and F. Docquier, Do Brain Drain and Poverty Result from Coordination
Failures?, Journal of Economic Growth, 17, 1-26, 2012b.
10. De la Croix D. and A. Gosseries, The Natalist Bias of Pollution Control, Journal of
Environmental Economics and Management, 63, 271-287, 2012a.
11. De la Croix D. and G. Ponthière, How Powerful is Demography? The Serendipity Theorem
Revisited, Journal of Population Economics, 25, 899-922, 2012c.
12. De la Croix D. and C. Delavallade, Democracy, Rule of Law, Corruption Incentives and
Growth, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 13, 155–187, 2011.
13. De la Croix D. and M. Vander Donckt, Would Empowering Women Initiate the
Demographic Transition in Least-Developed Countries ?, Journal of Human Capital, 4, 85129, 2010a.
14. De la Croix D. and G. Ponthière, On the Golden Rule of Capital Accumulation under
Endogenous Longevity, Mathematical Social Sciences, 59, 227-238, 2010b.
15. De la Croix D., G. de Walque, and R. Wouters, A Note on Inflation Persistence in a Fair
Wage Model of the Business Cycle, Macroeconomic Dynamics, 13, 673-684, 2009f.
16. De la Croix D. and C. Delavallade, Growth, Public Investment and Corruption with Failing
Institutions, Economics of Governance, 10, 187-219, 2009e.
17. De la Croix D. and M. Doepke, To Segregate or to Integrate: Education Politics and
Democracy, Review of Economic Studies, 76, 597-628, 2009d.
18. De la Croix D. and A. Gosseries, Population Policy through Tradable Procreation
Entitlements, International Economic Review, 50, 507-542, 2009c.
19. De la Croix D., T. Lindh and B. Malmberg, Demographic Change and Economic Growth in
Sweden: 1750-2050, Journal of Macroeconomics (special issue on Historical
Macroeconomics), 31, 132-148, 2009b.
20. De la Croix D. and A. Sommacal, A Theory of Medical Effectiveness, Differential
Mortality, Income Inequality and Growth for Pre-Industrial England, Mathematical
Population Studies, 16, 1–34, 2009a.
21. Boucekkine R., D. De la Croix and D. Peeters, Disentangling the Demographic
Determinants of the English Take-off: 1530-1860, Population and Development Review
Supplement, Population Aging, Human Capital Accumulation, and Productivity Growth,
Alexia Prskawetz, David E. Bloom, and Wolfgang Lutz (eds.), 126-148, 2008c.
22. De la Croix D. and D. Dottori, Easter Island Collapse: a Tale of Population Race, Journal of
Economic Growth, 13, 27-55, 2008b.
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23. De la Croix D., T. Lindh and B. Malmberg, Swedish Economic Growth and Education Since
1800, Canadian Journal of Economics, 41, 166-185, 2008a.
24. Boucekkine R., D. De la Croix and D. Peeters, Early Literacy Achievements, Population
Density and the Transition to Modern Growth, Journal of the European Economic
Association, 5, 183-226, 2007a.
25. De la Croix D. and C. Delavallade, Corruption et Allocation Optimale de l’Investissement
Public, Revue Economique, 58, 637-647, 2007b.
26. De la Croix D. and P. Michel, Education and Growth with Endogenous Debt Constraints,
Economic Theory, 33, 506-530, 2007c.
27. De la Croix D., F. Docquier, and P. Liegeois, Income Growth in the 21st Century:
Forecasts with an Overlapping Generations Model, International Journal of Forecasting,
23, 621-635, 2007d.
28. De la Croix D. and F. Docquier, School Attendance and Skill Premiums in France and the
US: A General Equilibrium Approach Fiscal Studies, 18, 383-416, 2007e.
29. Artige L., C. Camacho, and D. De la Croix, Wealth breeds decline: reversals of leadership
and consumption habits, Journal of Economic Growth, 9, 423-449, 2004a.
30. Boucekkine R., D. De la Croix and O. Licandro, Modelling vintage structures with DDEs:
principles and applications, Mathematical Population Studies, 11, 151-179, 2004b.
31. De la Croix D. and M. Doepke, Private versus public education when differential fertility
matters, Journal of Development Economics, 73, 607-629, 2004c.
32. De la Croix D., G. Mahieu, and A. Rillaers, How should the allocation of resources adjust
to the baby bust ?, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 6, 607-636, 2004d.
33. Boucekkine R., D. De la Croix and O. Licandro, Early mortality declines at the dawn of
modern growth, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 105, 401-418, 2003a.
34. De la Croix D. and M. Doepke, Inequality and growth: why differential fertility matters,
American Economic Review, 93, 1091-1113, 2003b.
35. Boucekkine R. and D. De la Croix, Information technologies, embodiment and growth,
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 27, 2007-2034, 2003c.
36. Boucekkine R., D. De la Croix and O. Licandro, Vintage human capital, demographic
trends and growth, Journal of Economic Theory, 104, 340-375,2002a.
37. Bouzahzah M., D. De la Croix and F. Docquier, Policy reforms and growth in computable
OLG economies, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 26, 2093-2113, 2002b.
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38. Boucekkine R., D. De la Croix, and Y. Vailakis, Technological shocks and IT revolutions,
Recherches Economiques de Louvain, 68, 75-89, 2002c.
39. De la Croix D., Growth dynamics and education spending: the role of inherited tastes and
abilities, European Economic Review, 45, 1415-1438, 2001a.
40. De la Croix D. and P. Michel, Altruism and self-restraint, Annales d'Economie et de
Statistique, 63-64, 233-259, 2001b.
41. Collard F. And D. De la Croix, Gift exchange and the business cycle: the fair wage strikes
back, Review of Economic Dynamics, 3, 166-193, 2000a.
42. De la Croix D., F. Palm and JP. Urbain, Labor market dynamics when effort depends on
wage growth comparisons, Empirical Economics, 25, 393-420, 2000b.
43. De la Croix D. and P. Michel, Myopic and perfect foresight in the OLG model, Economics
Letters, 65, 255-263, 2000c.
44. De la Croix D. and O. Licandro, Irreversibility, Uncertainty and Underemployment
Equilibria, Spanish Economic Review, 2, 249-266, 2000d.
45. De la Croix D. and P. Monfort, Regional convergence and education funding, Journal of
Population Economics, 13, 403-424, 2000e.
46. De la Croix D. and P. Michel, Optimal growth when tastes are inherited, Journal of
Economic Dynamics and Control, 23, 519-537, 1999a.
47. De la Croix D. and O. Licandro, Life expectancy and endogenous growth, Economics
Letters, 65, 255-263, 1999b.
48. Dehez P., D. De la Croix, and E. Toulemonde, Efficient Bargaining and Under-Utilization
of Labour, Journal of Economics, 69, 127-139, 1999c.
49. De la Croix D. and JP. Urbain, Intertemporal substitution in import demand and habit
formation, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 13, 589-612, 1998a.
50. De la Croix D., Growth and the relativity of satisfaction, Mathematical Social Sciences,
36, 105-125, 1998b.
51. De la Croix D., F. Palm and G. Pfann, A Dynamic Contracting Model for Wages and
Employment in Three European Economies, European Economic Review 40, 429-448,
1996a.
52. De la Croix D., The dynamics of bequeathed tastes, Economics Letters 51, 89-96, 1996b.
53. Arnsperger C. and D. De la Croix, Envy-minimizing Unemployment Benefits, Economic
Design, 2, 119-146, 1996c.
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54. De la Croix D., X. Rousseaux, and JP. Urbain, To Fine or To Punish in the Late Middle
Ages: a Time Series Analysis of Justice Administration in Nivelles: 1424 - 1536, Applied
Economics, 28, 1213-1224, 1996d.
55. De la Croix D. and O. Licandro, Underemployment, Irreversibilities and Growth under
Trade Unionism, Scandinavian Journal of Economics 97, 385-399, 1995a.
56. De la Croix D. and E. Toulemonde, Efficient Over-manning, Oxford Economic Papers 47,
493-500, 1995b.
57. De la Croix D. and JF. Fagnart, Underemployment of Production Factors in a Forwardlooking Model , Labour Economics 2, 109-130, 1995c.
58. De la Croix D., Unemployment and Capacity Under-utilization in a Tobin’s q model,
Recherches Economiques de Louvain 61, 403-432, 1995d.
59. De la Croix D. and JF. Fagnart, The Dynamics of Unemployment, Capacity Constraints and
Demand Shortages, Annales d'Economie et de Statistique 37/38, 441-463, 1995e.
60. De la Croix D., Wage Interdependence through Decentralized Bargaining, Journal of
Economic Surveys 8, 371-403, 1994a.
61. De la Croix D., Employment Response to Supply and Demand Shocks Under Envy in
Wage Formation, De Economist 142, 1-17, 1994b.
62. Arnsperger C. and D. De la Croix, Bargaining and Equilibrium Unemployment: Narrowing
the Gap Between New Keynesian and " Disequilibrium" Theories, European Journal of
Political Economy 9, 163-190, 1993a.
63. De la Croix D., Wage Interdependence and Competitiveness, Recherches Economiques de
Louvain 59, 395-425, 1993b.
64. De la Croix D., Externalities in Wage Formation and Structural Unemployment, Annales
d'Economie et de Statistique 32, 17-41, 1993c.
65. De la Croix D. and O. Licandro, The q Theory of Investment under Unit Root Tests,
Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles 139, 329-339, 1993d.
66. De la Croix D. and O. Licandro, Investment under Demand Uncertainty and Capacity
Constraints, Economie et Prévision 106, 85-95, 1992a.
67. De la Croix D., Wage Bargaining, Social Security and Capital-Labour Substitution, Cahiers
Economiques de Bruxelles 133, 73-97, 1992b.
68. Arnsperger C. and D. De la Croix, Wage Bargaining With a Price-Setting Firm, Bulletin of
Economic Research 42, 285-298, 1990.
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SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS – ARTICLES IN COLLECTIVES VOLUMES
69. De la Croix, D., F. Docquier and M. Schiff, Brain Drain and Economic Performance in
Small Islands Developing States. In: Andrés Artal-Tur & Giovanni Peri & Francisco
Requena-Silvente (eds): The Socio-Economic Impact of Migration flows. Effects on Trade,
Remittances, Output, and the Labour Market, Chapter 6. Springer, 2014.
70. Boucekkine R., D. De la Croix and O. Licandro, Vintage capital growth theory: Three
breakthroughs, Frontiers of Economic Growth and Development, de La Grandville eds,
Emerald, chap 5, 87-116, 2011.
71. De la Croix D., Education Funding and the Sustainability of Diverse Societies, The Political
Function of Education in Deeply Divided Countries, Theodor Hanf eds., Nomos, 321-332,
2011.
72. De la Croix D. and M. Lubrano, The Tradeoff Between Growth and Redistribution: ELIE in
an Overlapping Generations Model, Macrojustice : A pluridisciplinary evaluation of
Kolm's theory, C. Gamel and M. Lubrano eds, Springer, chap 11, 307-339, 2010.
73. De la Croix D., Adult Longevity and Economic Take-off: from Malthus to Ben-Porath,
Institutional and Social Dynamics of Growth and Distribution, Neri Salvadori ed., Edward
Elgard, chap 8, 172-190, 2010.
74. Boucekkine R., D. De la Croix and O. Licandro, Vintage Capital, The New Palgrave
Dictionary of Economics, Larry Blume and Steven Durlauf, eds, Palgrave Macmillan, 628 –
631, 2008.
75. De la Croix D. and A. Gosseries, Procreation, Migration, and Tradable Quotas, in
Population Aging, Intergenerational Transfers and the Macroeconomy, R. Clark, A.Mason
and N. Ogawa eds, Edward Elgar Publishing, 227-249, 2007.
76. Azariadis C. and D. De la Croix, Financial Institutional Reform, Growth, and Equality, in
Institutions, Development, and Economic Growth, T. Eicher and C. Garcia Peñalosa eds,
35-64, MIT Press, 2006.
77. De la Croix D. and C. Delavallade, Public Investment with Widespread Corruption - some
Preliminary Results, in Investimento e Crescimento Economico no Brasil, Erly Cardoso
Teixeira and Marcelo José Braga eds, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, p11-25, 2006.
78. De la Croix D., Standard-of-living aspirations and economic cycles, in Advances in
Macroeconomic Theory, IEA Conference volume No 133, Jacques H. Drèze eds, 255-282,
Palgrave, 2001c.
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79. De la Croix D. and M. Lubrano, Are Real Interest Rate Responsible for Unemployment in
the Eighties? A Bayesian Analysis of Cointegrated Relationships with a Regime Shift,
Advances in Econometrics 11B, 147-184, JAI Press, 1996e.
PAPERS SUBMITTED TO REVIEWS
De la Croix D. and O. Licandro, The longevity of famous people from Hammurabi to Einstein,
CORE discussion paper 2012/52.
OTHER ARTICLES – COMMENTS, BOOK REVIEWS
De la Croix D., «Economic Growth» in the International Encyclopedia of the Social and
Behavioral Sciences (Second Edition), James Wright eds, Elsevier, 2015.
De la Croix D., «Economic Growth» in the Social Science Encyclopedia, Adam Kuper and
Jessica Kuper eds, Routledge, 2005.
De la Croix D., Discussion of «Knowledge, technology and economic growth: recent evidence
from OECD countries», in How to promote growth in the Euro, Jan Smedts and Michel
Dombrecht eds, Edward Elgar 98-103, 2001.
De la Croix D. and B. Van der Linden, Book review of «Labor demand and equilibrium wage
formation», European Journal of Political Economy, 11, 391-397.
De la Croix D., Book review of «Price rigidity: causes and macroeconomic implications»,
Journal of Economics, 64, 120-123, 1996
EDITED VOLUMES
De la Croix D., F. Docquier, F. Mainguet, C. Perelmans and E. Wasmer, Capital humain et
dualisme sur le marché du travail, DeBoeck, 2002.
De la Croix D., «Modelling macroeconomic dynamics: recent developments», Recherches
Economiques de Louvain, 62, 235-238, 1996.
OTHER ARTICLES – POLICY PAPERS
1. De la Croix D., Education=Croissance ?, Itinera Institute Discussion Paper 2012/06, 2012.
2. De la Croix D., F. Docquier and B. van der Linden, L'impact économique de l'immigration
sur les pays d'accueil, Migration Magazine, 5, 2011.
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3. De la Croix D., and F. Docquier, Migration des travailleurs pauvres : une vision mondiale,
Regards Croisés sur l’Economie, 8, 2010, p170-179.
4. De la Croix D., F. Docquier and B. van der Linden, Effets économiques d’une
régularisation des sans-papiers en Belgique, Regards Economiques, 72, 2009.
5. De la Croix D., O. Pierrard and H. Sneessens, Les travailleurs âgés prennent-ils la place
des jeunes ?, Brèves de l’IWEPS, 7, 2009.
6. De la Croix D. and M. Doepke, Politics and the Structure of Education Funding [with M.
Doekpe], Vox, http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/559
publié en français: Financement privé de l'éducation inégalités et démocratie, Regards
Economiques, 55, 2007.
7. De la Croix D., La TVA sociale : bonne pour l’emploi mais inégalitaire ? (Le Soir, 16 juin
2007)
8. De la Croix D. and P. Pestieau, Réformer le système des retraites belges, Regards
Economiques, 51, 2007.
9. De la Croix D., Les Sans Papiers, l’Evangeliste et la loi du prix unique, Le Soir, June 22,
2006.
10. De la Croix D. and J. Lepers, Financement des pensions et taux d’activité des travailleurs
âgés : Une proposition alternative, Regards Economiques, 32, 2005.
also published in : Over Werk, Tijdschrift van het steunpunt WAV, Nr4, 2005.
11. De la Croix D. and V. Vandenberghe, Human capital as a factor of growth and
employment at the regional level. The case of Belgium, report for the European
Commission, Employment and Social Affairs, 2004.
12. De la Croix D. and V. Bodart, Les finances publiques de la Belgique à long terme: quatre
questions déplaisantes, Regards Economiques, 16, 2003.
13. De la Croix D. and V. Bodart, Petite fable budgétaire, L’Echo, 14 Octobre 2003.
14. De la Croix D. and JP. Vandeuren, Une allocation universelle financée par la TVA: entre
utopie et réalisme, Le Soir, 31 octobre 2002.
15. De la Croix D. and JP. Vandeuren, Le programme économique de Vivant: entre utopie et
réalisme, Regards Economiques, 5, 2002.
16. De la Croix D. and G. Mahieu, Les générations futures : un souci pour la politique
budgétaire ? Regards Economiques, 1, 2002.
17. De la Croix D., A qui profite la dette ? La Libre Belgique, 4 janvier 2002.
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18. De la Croix D., Gore, Bush, le partage des fruits de la croissance et les générations
futures, l’Echo, 16 novembre 2000.
19. De la Croix D., Acquisition de capital humain, durée de la vie active et croissance, Revue
Belge de Sécurité Sociale, 643-657, 2000.
20. De la Croix D. and F. Docquier, Capital humain et croissance régionale, Actes du 14ème
congrès des économistes belges de langue française, CIFOP, commission 4, 2000.
21. De la Croix D., L'âge optimal de la retraite, Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique,
38, p73-76, 1999.
22. De la Croix D., L'avenir de la sécurité sociale au siècle prochain: Réflexions sur les
différents outils d'analyse, Actes du 13ème congrès des économistes belges de langue
française, CIFOP, commission 1, p229-246, 1998.
23. De la Croix D. and Q. Wibaut, La négociation collective, in Van der Linden B. eds,
Chômage. Réduire la fracture, De Boeck, p176-224, 1997.
24. De la Croix D., Taxes et bénéfices, in Van der Linden B. eds, Chômage. Réduire la
fracture, De Boeck, p365-373, 1997.
25. De la Croix D. and S. Deneulin, Relativité de la satisfaction et croissance économique,
Actes du 12ème congrès des économistes belges de langue française, CIFOP, vol1, p153169, 1996.
26. De la Croix D., La réduction du temps de travail: faisabilité et structure du marché de
l'emploi, in La Wallonie au Futur - quelles stratégies pour l'emploi ?, Institut Jules
Destrée, p69-78, 1996.
27. De la Croix D. and B. Thiry, Investissements dans l'industrie: un modèle prévisionnel,
Bulletin de l'IRES, 186, 1996.
28. De la Croix D. and B. Delvaux, L'emploi, objectif prioritaire ?, Reflets et perspectives de la
vie économique, 34, p75-98, 1995.
29. De la Croix D. and B. Delvaux, L'emploi, objectif prioritaire ?, in Derenne C. et L. Deutch
eds, La fragmentation sociale, Economica, p139-166, 1995.
30. De la Croix D., Négociation Collective, Indexation, Cotisations Sociales ... Sous-optimalité
et encadrement macroéconomique, Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique 33,
p37-54, 1994.
31. De la Croix D., Un Modèle Explicatif des Politiques Sociales, Bulletin de l'IRES 146, 1990.
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PARTICIPATION TO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES (selected)
American Economic Association - ASSA Meeting (San Diego, Jan 2013, Philadelphia, Jan
2014)
NBER Summer Institute (Jul. 2007, Jul. 2005)
Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ) (Palma, Jul. 2005)
Econometric Society European Meeting, (Venice, Aug. 2002), (Istanbul, Aug. 1996.),
(Maastricht, Aug. 1994), (Uppsala, Aug. 1993)
Meeting of the Society for Economic Dynamics, (Toronto, June 2014), (Seoul, June 2013),
(Limassol, June 2012), (Montreal, July 2010), (Cambridge, July 2008) (Vancouver, July
2006), (Florence, June 2004), (Paris, June 2003), (San José, June 2000), (Alghero, June
1999).
Meeting of the Association for Public Economic Theory (Taipei, June 2012), (Istanbul June
2010),(Galway, June 2009),(Seoul, June 2008), (Hanoi, July 2006).
Meeting of the International Economic Association, Buenos Aires, Aug. 1999.
North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society, Montréal, June 1998.
Annual Congress of the European Economic Assoc., (Toulouse, Aug. 1997.), (Istanbul, Aug.
1996), (Prague, Sept. 1995), (Maastricht, Aug. 1994.), (Helsinki, Aug. 1993.), (Lisboa, Aug.
1990).
Winter Symposium of the Econometric Society (Europe), London, Jan. 1993.
Conference on Growth and Development New Delhi, Indian Statistical Institute, (Dec 2009)
WORKSHOPS, VISITS and OTHER CONFERENCES (selected)
Barcelona GSE Summer forum (June 2014, June 2013)
Organization of the 1st and 2nd workshop on "Towards Sustained Economic Growth”,
Barcelona (Oct 2010, Oct 2011).
CEPR Conference “Rags to Riches”, Barcelona (Dec 2008)
Guest speaker at the Conference on “Institutional and Social Dynamics of Growth and
Distribution”, Lucca (Nov. 2007)
First Conference on “Early Economic Developments”, Copenhagen (Sept. 2006)
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World Bank conference on Inequality (June 2006)
Visiting scholar at Minneapolis Fed (2005), the World Bank (2007), and IFPRI (2013)
CESifo conference on “Institutions and Growth” (Venice, 2004, 2014)
Conferences on “Population and Macroeconomics” (Hawaai, 2003, Stockholm, 2004, Tokyo,
2006, Vienna, 2010)
Conference “From Stagnation to Growth”, (Rorschach, 2003)
Conference on Demographics and macroeconomics, Max Planck Institute (Rostock, 2002).
Conference on theories and methods in macroeconomics (Lyon, 2005, Evry, 2002, Paris,
2000, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1997).
Conference on "Social Interactions and Economic Behavior", Paris, December 1999.
III Workshop on Dynamic Macroeconomics, Pazo de Soutomaior, Spain, July, 1998.
Lecturer at the Summer School of the European Economic Association, Paris, September
1998.
Conference on Business cycle theory and economic policy, Hydra, Greece, September 1997.
Workshop on the dynamics of unemployment, CEPR, London, May 1997.
Conference on the Stylized facts of business cycles, growth and income distribution in the
E.U., Hydra, Greece, April 1996.
HCM (CEE) network on "Imperfect Competition in Intertemporal General Equilibrium Macromodels":
Aarhus, 1995, Maastricht, 1995, Matagne-la-Petite, 1996, Paris, 1997.
INVITED TEACHING IN SUMMER SCHOOLS
Lectures on Growth and Development, Capetown University, March 2012.
CICSE Lectures on Growth and Development, Banco di Napoli, April 2011
Population Economics Summer School, June 2011, International Max Planck Research
School for Demography
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Referee for the following reviews (alphabetic order): American Economic Review,
Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of
Economic Studies, Science, …
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And for Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, Canadian Journal of Economics, Economic
Inquiry Economic Journal, Economic Modelling, Economica, Economics of Transition,
Economie et Prévision, European Economic Review, European Journal of Political
Economy, FinanzArchiv, Games and Economic Behaviour, International Economic Review,
International Journal of Industrial Organisation, International Tax and Public Finance,
Journal of Development Studies, Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of
Econometrics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economic
Dynamics and Control, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Economics, Journal of
Health Economics, Journal of Population Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory,
Journal of Public Economics, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of
Urban Economics, Labour Economics, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Manchester School,
Mathematical Social Sciences, Open Economies Review, Population Studies, Recherches
Economiques de Louvain, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Revue d'Economie
Politique, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Social
Choice and Welfare, Southern Economic Journal.
Editor in Chief of
 Journal of Demographic Economics (2013-)
Member of the Editorial Board of
 Fiscal Studies (2006-),
 Recherches Economiques de Louvain (1997-2014),
 Cliometrica (2006-).
Associate Editor of
 Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (2004-2013),
 Journal of Development Economics (2011-),
 Journal of Public Economic Theory (2011-).
External Expert for the CNRS (France), the FCT (Portugal), the ISF (Israel Science
Foundation), the SNF (Switzerland), and the European Commission (Research training
networks and Marie Curie fellowships).
Member of the program committee of the Twelfth Annual Congress of the European
Economic Association. (Toulouse, 1997) and of the Econometric Society European Meeting
(Stockholm, 2003).
Program chairman of the Twelfth congress of the International Economic Association.
(Buenos Aires, 1999)
Participation to thesis committees at: Uppsala University (Sweden), Vienna University
(Austria), Ecole Polytechnique (Paris), University of Aix-Marseille II, University of Paris 1
(France), University of Namur, University of Ghent (Belgium). Participation to French and
German “habilitation” committees at: University of Aix-Marseille II, Leipzig, Paris 1, and
Toulouse.
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ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
2010- : Member of the promotion committee (UCL).
2010-2014 : Member of the Research Council of the University (UCL)
2005-2010 : Director of the doctoral program in Economics, UCL.
2003-2005 : Director of the program « Master of Arts in Economics », UCL.
1998-2000 : Research director of IRES (Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales).
RESEARCH GRANTS
2009-2013 “Sustainability”ARC/UCL (as principal investigator)
2008-2012 “Economic Policy and Finance in the Global Economy: Equilibrium Analysis and
Social Evaluation“ PAI/UCL (with C. D’Aspremont)
2003-2008 “New macroeconomic approaches to the development problem” - ARC/UCL
(with R. Boucekkine (principal investigator) et al.)
2001-2003 “Investment patterns and long waves of regional development” – National
Bank of Belgium mécénat
1999-2000 “Les technologies de l'information comme moteur de la croissance” – European
Commission, DGXIII
1999-2004 "Growth and incentive design" - ARC/UCL (with R. Anderson (principal
investigator) et al.)
1998-2000 "Dynamique du marché du travail" - FRFC/FNRS (with H. Sneessens)
1996-1998 "Chômage aspiration et croissance" - FSR/UCL
1996-2000 "Pour un pacte social renouvelé entre sécurité sociale et emploi" - SSTC (with B.
van der Linden (principal investigator) et al.).

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