Yann Algan is Professor of Economics at Sciences Po Paris. He is affiliated to CEPR, IZA and CEPREMAP (Co-head Macroeconomic program).
Awards and grants
- European Starting Grant (ERC) 2010-2014 - Project "Trust"
- Best French Young Economist 2009
- Best French economic book and Best French Essay (LIRE) for "La société de défiance", 2009
Books
- La société de défiance: comment le modèle social français s'auto-détruit, 2007, with Pierre Cahuc, CEPREMAP, éditions de la rue d'Ulm : Prize of the best French economic book 2008 ; Prize of the best French essay 2007 - LIRE-LCI-RTL ;Press coverage: Newsweek (20/11/07), The Times (21/09/07), L’Express (20/09/07), Le Point (27/09/07), Le Nouvel Observateur (03/10/07), Le Monde (05/10/07), Capital (01/10/07), Les Echos (25/09/07), Challenges (12/10/07).
- Peut-on construire une société de confiance? Post-face à la Société de défiance, Albin Michel, (editeur P. Askenazy et D. Cohen), 2010.
- Cultural and Economic integration in Europe, Oxford University Press, Eds Yann Algan, Alberto Bisin, Alan Manning and Thierry Verdier, 2010.
Introduction: Perspective on Cultural Integration of Immigrants, with Alberto Bisin and Thierry Verdier.
Conclusion: Assimilation and Integration of Immigrants in Europe, with Mariya Aleksynska.
Cultural and Economic Integration in France, with Camille Landais and Claudia Senik.
Published articles
- Can policy affect culture? Minimum wage and the Quality of Labor Relations, with Philippe Aghion and Pierre Cahuc, Journal of the European Economic Association, 2010
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The Economic Situation of First and Second Generation Immigrants in France, Germany and UK, with Christian Dustman, Albrecht Glitz and Alan Manning. Economic Journal, 2010
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Regulation and Distrust, with Philippe Aghion, Pierre Cahuc, Andrei Shleifer. Quarterly Journal of Economics 2010, Editorial Wall Street Journal 02/01/09
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Inherited Trust and Growth, with Pierre Cahuc. American Economic Review 2010 (Previous title: Social attitudes and Economic development, 2008. substantially revised version)
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Incomplete Markets and the Inflation-Output tradeoff, with Edouard Challe and Xavier Ragot. Economic Theory, 2010.
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Solving the Incomplete Markets Models, with Olivier Allais and Wouter Den Haan, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2010
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Monetary Policy with Credit constraints and Heterogeneity, with Xavier Ragot. Review of Economic Dynamics, 2010.
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Civic Culture and the Design of Labor Market institutions, with Pierre Cahuc, IZA Top 10. American Economic Journal, 2009
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Institutions or Culture? A comment on the book "Institutions and Economic Growth" (eds Elhanan Helpman, Harvard University Press) , Economic Journal 2009
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Macroeconomic effect of Financial policy with heterogeneous agents, with Olivier Allais and Eva Carceles-Podeva. Review of Economic Dynamics, 2009.
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Solving heterogeneous-agent models with parameterized cross-sectional distributions, with Olivier Allais and Wouter Den Haan, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2008
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The Roots of Low European Employment: Family Culture?, with Pierre Cahuc, NBER Macroeconomic Annual, MIT Press eds J. Frenkel and C. Pissarides, 2007
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Job protection: the Macho Hypothesis, with Pierre Cahuc, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, vol. 22, n°2, Nov. 2006, 290-410
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Self-insurance and Inequality», with Arnaud Chéron, Jean-Olivier Hairault and François Langot, Economic Letters, 2004
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Imcomplete Unemployment Insurance under Aggregate Fluctuations, with Olivier Allais, Economic Bulletin, 2004
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Wealth effect and Labor market transitions, with Arnaud Chéron, Jean-Olivier Hairault and François Langot, Review of Economic Dynamics, 2003, vol.1, 112-140
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Public Employment and Labor Market Performances, with Pierre Cahuc and André Zylberberg, Economic Policy, 2002, vol. 17, 6-60
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«How well does the Aggregate Demand Aggregate Supply framework explain unemployment fluctuations», Economic Modelling, 2002, vol. 19, pp. 153-119