Pierre Cahuc

Research Fellow and Associated Member

Sciences Po, Paris

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Pierre Cahuc is professor of Economics at Sciences Po, and research fellow at CEPR. He was member of the French Economic Advisory Council to the French Prime Minister (Conseil d'Analyse Economique) from 2006 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2016.

Unemployment and macroeconomics with a special concern for labor markets are his main fields of research. His papers are published in the American Economic Review, Econometrica, the Quarterly Journal or Economics, the Review of Economic Studies , the International Economic Review, the Economic Journal, the European Economic Review, the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, the Journal of Public Economics, the Journal of Labor Economics and other journals. He has co-authored with Stéphane Carcillo and André Zylberberg a widely used graduate textbook, Labor Economics, published by MIT Press in 2014.

Pierre Cahuc joined the IZA network as a Research Fellow in October 1999a and collaborates closely with IZA's local team as an Associated Member. From 2004-2023 he served as IZA Program Director for the network resesarch area "Labor Market Institutions". From 2012-223 he also acted as editor of the IZA Journal of Labor Economics and of IZA World of Labor since 2014. Since 2023 Pierre Cahuc serves as Editor-in-chief of IZA World of Labor.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17124
The Wage of Temporary Agency Workers
Antonin Bergeaud, Pierre Cahuc, Clément Malgouyres, Sara Signorelli, Thomas Zuber
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17111
The Micro and Macro Economics of Short-Time Work
Pierre Cahuc
forthcoming in: C. Dustman, Lemieux, T. (eds.), Handbook of Labor Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16747
Employment Protection Legislation and Job Reallocation across Sectors, Firms and Workers: A Survey
Pierre Cahuc, Marco G. Palladino
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15601
Labor Market Insurance Policies in the XXI Century
Tito Boeri, Pierre Cahuc
published in: Annual Review of Economics, 2023, 15 (1), 1-22
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14999
Employment Effects of Restricting Fixed-Term Contracts: Theory and Evidence
Pierre Cahuc, Pauline Carry, Franck Malherbet, Pedro S. Martins
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14381
The Heterogeneous Impact of Short-Time Work: From Saved Jobs to Windfall Effects
Pierre Cahuc, Francis Kramarz, Sandra Nevoux
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14189
The Lock-in Effects of Part-Time Unemployment Benefits
Helène Benghalem, Pierre Cahuc, Pierre Villedieu
published online as 'The Lock-in Effects of Information on Part-time Unemployment Benefits' in: Journal of Human Resources, 06 October 2023
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13794
Judge Bias in Labor Courts and Firm Performance
Pierre Cahuc, Stéphane Carcillo, Bérengère Patault, Flavien Moreau
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2024, 22 (3), 1319 - 1366
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13154
Apprenticeship and Youth Unemployment
Pierre Cahuc, Jeremy Hervelin
forthcoming in: European Economic Review
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12653
When Correspondence Studies Fail to Detect Hiring Discrimination
Pierre Cahuc, Stéphane Carcillo, Andreea Minea, Marie-Anne Valfort
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12384
The Detrimental Effect of Job Protection on Employment: Evidence from France
Pierre Cahuc, Franck Malherbet, Julien Prat
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12045
Wage Insurance, Part-Time Unemployment Insurance and Short-Time Work in the XXI Century
Pierre Cahuc
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11673
When Short-Time Work Works
Pierre Cahuc, Francis Kramarz, Sandra Nevoux
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11248
The Effectiveness of Hiring Credits
Pierre Cahuc, Stéphane Carcillo, Thomas Le Barbanchon
published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2019, 86 (2), 593-626.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11010
Inefficient Short-Time Work
Pierre Cahuc, Sandra Nevoux
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10842
The Difficult School-To-Work Transition of High School Dropouts: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Pierre Cahuc, Stéphane Carcillo, Andreea Minea
pubished in: Journal of Human Resources, 2021, 56 (1), 159-183
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10352
Taxation of Temporary Jobs: Good Intentions with Bad Outcomes?
Pierre Cahuc, Olivier Charlot, Franck Malherbet, Helène Benghalem, Emeline Limon
published in: Economic Journal, 2020, 130 (626), 422 - 445.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8330
Do Hiring Credits Work in Recessions? Evidence from France
Pierre Cahuc, Stéphane Carcillo, Thomas Le Barbanchon
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8277
Trust and the Welfare State: The Twin Peaks Curve
Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc, Marc Sangnier
published in: Economic Journal, 2016, 126 (593), 861-883
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8173
Search, Flows, Job Creations and Destructions
Pierre Cahuc
published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 30, 22-29
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7490
Youth Unemployment in Old Europe: The Polar Cases of France and Germany
Pierre Cahuc, Stéphane Carcillo, Ulf Rinne, Klaus F. Zimmermann
revised version published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2013, 2:18
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7464
Trust, Growth and Well-being: New Evidence and Policy Implications
Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc
published in: S.N. Durlauf and P. Aghion (eds.): Handbook of Economic Growth, Vol.2 , 2014, 49-120
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6365
Explaining the Spread of Temporary Jobs and its Impact on Labor Turnover
Pierre Cahuc, Olivier Charlot, Franck Malherbet
published in: International Economic Review, 2016, 57 (2), 533-572
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6052
Teaching Practices and Social Capital
Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc, Andrei Shleifer
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5(3), 189-210
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5445
Efficient and Inefficient Welfare States
Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc, Marc Sangnier
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. 5439
The Detaxation of Overtime Hours: Lessons from the French Experiment
Pierre Cahuc, Stéphane Carcillo
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2014, 32 (2), 361-400.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5430
Is Short-Time Work a Good Method to Keep Unemployment Down?
Pierre Cahuc, Stéphane Carcillo
published in: Nordic Economic Policy Review, 2011, 1(1),133-165.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5340
Two-Tier Labor Markets in the Great Recession: France vs. Spain
Samuel Bentolila, Pierre Cahuc, Juan J. Dolado, Thomas Le Barbanchon
published in: Economic Journal, 2012, 122, 155-187
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4747
Family Values and the Regulation of Labor
Alberto Alesina, Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc, Paola Giuliano
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2015, 13 (4), 599-630
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4630
Produce or Speculate? Asset Bubbles, Occupational Choice and Efficiency
Pierre Cahuc, Edouard Challe
published in: International Economic Review, 2012, 53 (4), 1005-1035.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3687
Labor Market Policy Evaluation in Equilibrium: Some Lessons of the Job Search and Matching Model
Pierre Cahuc, Thomas Le Barbanchon
published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (1), 196-205
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3680
Can Policy Interact with Culture? Minimum Wage and the Quality of Labor Relations
Philippe Aghion, Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc
revised version published as 'Civil Society and the State: The Interplay Between Cooperation and Minimum Wage Regulation' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2011, 9 (1), 3 - 42
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2955
Optimal Taxation and Monopsonistic Labor Market: Does Monopsony Justify the Minimum Wage?
Pierre Cahuc, Guy Laroque
pubished in: Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2014, 16 (2), 259–273.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2935
Social Attitudes and Economic Development: An Epidemiological Approach
Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc
published as 'Inherited Trust and Growth' in: American Economic Review, 2010, 100 (5), 2060 - 2092
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1928
Civic Attitudes and the Design of Labor Market Institutions: Which Countries Can Implement the Danish Flexicurity Model?
Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc
published as "Civic Virtue and Labor Market Institutions" in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2009, 1(1), 111-145
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1683
The Roots of Low European Employment: Family Culture?
Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc
published in: J. Frenkel and C. Pissarides (eds.), NBER Macroeconomic Annual, MIT Press: 2007
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1678
Optimum Income Taxation and Layoff Taxes
Pierre Cahuc, Andre Zylberberg
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92 (10-11), 2003-2019
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1192
Job Protection: The Macho Hypothesis
Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc
published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2006, 22 (3), 390-410
IZA Discussion Paper No. 583
On the Efficiency of Job Search with Social Networks
Pierre Cahuc, Francois Fontaine
published in: Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2009, 11 (3), 411–439
IZA Discussion Paper No. 582
Equalizing Wage Differences and Bargaining Power: Evidence from a Panel of French Firms
Pierre Cahuc, Christian Gianella, Dominique Goux, Andre Zylberberg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 581
Unemployment Compensation Finance and Labor Market Rigidity
Pierre Cahuc, Franck Malherbet
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2004, 88 (3-4), 481-501
IZA Discussion Paper No. 304
Labor Market Efficiency, Wages and Employment when Search Frictions Interact with Intrafirm Bargaining
Pierre Cahuc, Etienne Wasmer
published in: International Economic Review, 2008, 48 (3), 943-972
IZA Discussion Paper No. 260
Temporary Jobs, Employment Protection and Labor Market Performance
Pierre Cahuc, Fabien Postel-Vinay
published in: Labour Economics, 2002, 9 (1), 63-91
IZA Discussion Paper No. 96
Redundancy Payments, Incomplete Labor Contracts, Unemployment and Welfare
Pierre Cahuc, Andre Zylberberg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 95
Job Protection, Minimum Wage and Unemployment
Pierre Cahuc, Andre Zylberberg
IZA Policy Paper No. 64
The Employment of the Low-Skilled Youth in France
Pierre Cahuc, Stéphane Carcillo, Klaus F. Zimmermann
official translation of a report delivered to the French Council of Economic Analysis and the French Prime Minister
IZA World of Labor Article
Short-time work compensations and employment
Pierre Cahuc
IZA Research Report No. 105
IZA COVID-19 Crisis Response Monitoring: The Second Phase of the Crisis
Werner Eichhorst, Paul Marx, Ulf Rinne, René Böheim, Thomas Leoni, Steven Tobin, Arthur Sweetman, Pierre Cahuc, Tommaso Colussi, Egbert L. W. Jongen, Paul Verstraten, Priscila Ferreira, João Cerejeira, Miguel Portela, Raul Ramos, Martin Kahanec, Monika Martiskova, Lena Hensvik, Oskar Nordström Skans, Patrick Arni, Rui Costa, Stephen Machin, Susan N. Houseman
Country reports for Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States (174 Seiten)
IZA Research Report No. 98
IZA COVID-19 Crisis Response Monitoring: Short-Run Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19, Initial Policy Measures and Beyond
Werner Eichhorst, Ulf Rinne, Paul Marx, René Böheim, Thomas Leoni, Pierre Cahuc, Tommaso Colussi, Egbert L. W. Jongen, Paul Verstraten, Priscila Ferreira, João Cerejeira, Miguel Portela, Raul Ramos, Martin Kahanec, Monika Martiskova, Lena Hensvik, Oskar Nordström Skans, Patrick Arni, Rui Costa, Stephen Machin, Susan N. Houseman
Country reports for Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States (153 Seiten)
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