Research Interests
Yann Algan is Professor of Economics at Sciences Po Paris, Research Fellow at CEPR and Co-Head of the Macroeconomic Program at CEPREMAP. He received his PhD in Economics at the University of Paris I - Panthéon Sorbonne in 2001.
His research fields are labor economics, social interactions, political economy and cultural economics. His articles are published in various international academic journals including American Economic Review and Quarterly Economic Journal.
He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in May 2004.
IZA Publications
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14476
published in: Economic Journal, 2022, 132 (642), 437 - 470
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14005
Yann Algan, Nicolò Dalvit, Quoc-Anh Do, Alexis Le Chapelain, Yves Zenou
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10433
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8277
published in: Economic Journal, 2016, 126 (593), 861-883
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7464
published in: S.N. Durlauf and P. Aghion (eds.): Handbook of Economic Growth, Vol.2 , 2014, 49-120
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6053
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6052
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5(3), 189-210
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5445
revised version published as 'Trust and the Welfare State: the Twin Peaks Curve' in: Economic Journal, 2016, 126 (593), 861 - 883
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5185
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4747
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2015, 13 (4), 599-630
