Pierre Cahuc

Former member of the Cercle des économistes

Biography

Current Positions:

  • Professor of Economics at Ecole Polytechnique and ENSAE
  • Researcher at the Centre for Research in Economics and Statistics (CREST-INSEE)
  • Programme Director at the Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn
  • Fellow of CEPR in London
  • Member of the Council of Economic Analysis

Previous Positions:

  • Member of the Economic Commission of the Nation
  • Member of the Council for Employment, Income and Social Cohesion

Training :

  • Agrégation des Universités en Sciences Economiques
  • Ph.D. in Economics, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
  • Master’s degree in Political Sociology from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
  • Master’s degree in economics from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
  • Master’s degree in Political Science, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
  • Master’s degree in Public Law, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

Key Publications:

  • Economic Denial with André Zylberberg, 2016
  • “Is short-time work a good method to keep unemployment down?” with S. Carcillo, will be published in Nordic Economic Policy Review
  • “Inherited Trust and Growth” with Y. Algan, American Economic Review, Vol. 100, December 2010: 2060-2092.
  • “Regulation and Distrust” with P. Aghion, Y. Algan, and A. Shleifer, Quaterly Journal of Economics, August 2010, Vol. 125, No.3: 1015-1049
  • “President Sarkozy’s Failed Reforms” with A. Zylberberg, Flammarion, 2009
  • “Minimum Wage and Low Incomes: How to Reconcile Social Justice and Economic Efficiency?” Report of the Council of Economic Analysis n°79, with G. Ceci and A.Zylberberg, November 2008
  • “La société de defiance” with Y. Algan, Edition rue d’Ulm, Collection du CEPREMAP, September 2007

Key areas of expertise:

Labour market; macroeconomics; Relationship between culture and economic performance