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Olivier B. Bargain

Research Fellow

University of Bordeaux

olivier.bargain.eco@gmail.com

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development economics family economics labor supply redistribution taxation

Olivier is Professor of Economics at the University of Bordeaux and member of the Institut Universitaire de France. His research covers topics in development, public and labor economics. He has been associate editor of the Journal of Economic Inequality and coeditor of the book series Research in Labor Economics. Former member of the Council of Economic Advisors to the French Prime Minister, he has been expert for several international organizations and ministries on social, fiscal and labor market policies. He is the coordinator of the project HOPE (Understanding Human Well-being and Behaviour for better Policies & Societies), one of the 'broad research programs' funded by IDEX Bordeaux. He was researcher at IZA in 2004-06.

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IZA Discussion Paper No. 18621

Tax Disincentives to Formal Employment in Latin America

Olivier B. Bargain, H. Xavier Jara, David Rivera

IZA Discussion Paper No. 18567

A Question of Honor? The Labor Market Advantage of Academic Signaling

Mael Astruc--Le Souder, Olivier B. Bargain, Gedeão Locks

IZA Discussion Paper No. 18554

How Everyday Threats Undermine Trust and Hope: Experimental Evidence

Mael Astruc--Le Souder, Olivier B. Bargain, Niclas Knecht

IZA Discussion Paper No. 18553

Gone with the Wind? Climate Shocks, Insurance Demand and Well-Being

Alpaslan Akay, Olivier B. Bargain, Béka Lomidze, Peter Martinsson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 18552

Parental Leave Policy and Gender Attitudes

Olivier B. Bargain, Julie Le Vot, Nicolas Herault

IZA Discussion Paper No. 18551

Inclusive Growth in South Africa? Inequality Dynamics and the Role of Trade Openness vs Tax Policies

Olivier B. Bargain, H. Xavier Jara, Prudence Magejo, Miracle Ntuli

IZA Discussion Paper No. 18550

Relative Intergenerational Mobility: A Normative Framework and Evidence from Indonesia

Olivier B. Bargain, Maria C. Lo Bue, Flaviana Palmisano

IZA Discussion Paper No. 18549

Job Loss and Mental Health: The Role of Anticipation and Re-employment in Recovery Patterns

Olivier B. Bargain, Nicolas Herault, Daniel Nettle

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17769

Social Gaps, Perceived Inequality and Protests

Olivier B. Bargain, Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo, David Rivera

forthcoming in: World Development

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17768

Gender-Targeted Transfers and Women’s Consumption: A Structural Regression Discontinuity Approach

Olivier B. Bargain, Maira Colacce

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17767

Global Evidence on Gender Gaps and Child Poverty in Consumption

Ulugbek Aminjonov, Olivier B. Bargain, Maira Colacce

forthcoming: World Bank Economic Review

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17459

Shine a (Night)Light: Decentralization and Economic Development in Burkina Faso

Olivier B. Bargain, Rose Camille Vincent, Emilie Caldeira

published in: World Development, 2025, 187, 106851

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15867

Dynastic Measures of Intergenerational Mobility

Olivier B. Bargain, Maria C. Lo Bue, Flaviana Palmisano

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15374

Traditional Norms, Access to Divorce and Women's Empowerment

Olivier B. Bargain, Jordan Loper, Roberta Ziparo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14967

Gimme Shelter. Social Distancing and Income Support in Times of Pandemic

Ulugbek Aminjonov, Olivier B. Bargain, Tanguy Bernard

published in: European Economic Review, 2023, 157, 104507

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14406

Intrahousehold Resource Allocation and Individual Poverty: Assessing Collective Model Predictions against Direct Evidence on Sharing

Olivier B. Bargain, Guy Lacroix, Luca Tiberti

published as 'Intrahousehold Resource Allocation and Individual Poverty: Assessing Collective Model Predictions using Direct Evidence on Sharing' in: Economic Journal, 2022, 132 (643), 865 - 905

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14233

Another Brick in the Wall. Immigration and Electoral Preferences: Direct Evidence from State Ballots

Olivier B. Bargain, Victor Stephane, Jérôme Valette

published in: Review of International Economics, 2022, 30 (5), 1452-1477

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13297

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Poverty and COVID-19 in Developing Countries

Olivier B. Bargain, Ulugbek Aminjonov

published as 'Poverty and COVID-19 in Africa and Latin America' in: World Development, 2021, 142, 105422

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13205

Trust and Compliance to Public Health Policies in Times of COVID-19

Olivier B. Bargain, Ulugbek Aminjonov

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 192, 104316

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12017

Learning from the

Olivier B. Bargain, Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo, Prudence Magejo, Miracle Benhura

published as 'Income Distribution and the Potential of Redistributive Systems in Africa: A Decomposition Approach ' in: Journal of African Economies, 2022, 31 (4), 293 - 328

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11924

Public Sector Wage Gaps over the Long-Run: Evidence from Panel Administrative Data

Olivier B. Bargain, Audrey Etienne, Blaise Melly

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11653

Validating the Collective Model of Household Consumption Using Direct Evidence on Sharing

Olivier B. Bargain, Guy Lacroix, Luca Tiberti

published as 'Intrahousehold Resource Allocation and Individual Poverty: Assessing Collective Model Predictions using Direct Evidence on Sharing' in: Economic Journal, 2022, 132 (643), 865 - 905

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11597

Everybody's a Victim? Global Terror, Well-Being and Political Attitudes

Alpaslan Akay, Olivier B. Bargain, Ahmed Elsayed

published as 'Global terror, well-being and political attitudes' in: European Economic Review, 2020, 123, Article 103394

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11534

Women's Political Participation and Intrahousehold Empowerment: Evidence from the Egyptian Arab Spring

Olivier B. Bargain, Delphine Boutin, Hugues Champeaux

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 141, 102379

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11502

Minimum Wages and the Gender Gap in Pay: New Evidence from the UK and Ireland

Olivier B. Bargain, Karina Doorley, Philippe Van Kerm

published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2019, 65 (3), 514-539

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10908

'Fair' Welfare Comparisons with Heterogeneous Tastes: Subjective versus Revealed Preferences

Alpaslan Akay, Olivier B. Bargain, H. Xavier Jara

published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2020, 55, 51 - 8

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10907

Back to Bentham, Should We? Large-Scale Comparison of Experienced versus Decision Utility

Alpaslan Akay, Olivier B. Bargain, H. Xavier Jara

published as 'Experienced versus decision utility: large-scale comparison for income-leisure preferences' in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2023, 125 (4), 823 - 859

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9163

Remittances and Relative Concerns in Rural China

Alpaslan Akay, Olivier B. Bargain, Corrado Giulietti, Juan David Robalino, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: China Economic Review, 2016, 37, 191-207

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8007

Remittances and Child Labour in Africa: Evidence from Burkina Faso

Olivier B. Bargain, Delphine Boutin

published as 'Remittance Effects on Child Labour: Evidence from Burkina Faso' in: Journal of Development Studies, 2015, 51 (7), 922-938

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7862

Home Sweet Home? Macroeconomic Conditions in Home Countries and the Well-Being of Migrants

Alpaslan Akay, Olivier B. Bargain, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2017, 52 (2), 351-373

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7737

Changes in Income Distributions and the Role of Tax-Benefit Policy During the Great Recession: An International Perspective

Olivier B. Bargain, Tim Callan, Karina Doorley, Claire Keane

published in: Fiscal Studies, 2017, 38 (4), 559-585

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7698

Steady-State Labor Supply Elasticities: A Survey

Olivier B. Bargain, Andreas Peichl

published as 'Own-wage labor supply elasticities: variation across time and estimation methods' in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2016, 5, 10 (2016)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7508

Putting Structure on the RD Design: Social Transfers and Youth Inactivity in France

Olivier B. Bargain, Karina Doorley

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2017, 52 (4), 1032-1059.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7215

Comparing Inequality Aversion across Countries When Labor Supply Responses Differ

Olivier B. Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl, Sebastian Siegloch

revised version published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2014, 21(5), 845-873

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7190

Partisan Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the U.S., 1979-2007

Olivier B. Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Herwig Immervoll, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Sebastian Siegloch

revised version published as 'Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the United States, 1979–2007' in: Economic Inquiry, 2015, 53 (2), 1061-1085

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6999

Happy Taxpayers? Income Taxation and Well-Being

Alpaslan Akay, Olivier B. Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl, Sebastian Siegloch

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6735

Comparing Labor Supply Elasticities in Europe and the US: New Results

Olivier B. Bargain, Kristian Orsini, Andreas Peichl

revised version published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2014, 49 (3), 723-838

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6604

The Formal Sector Wage Premium and Firm Size for Self-employed Workers

Olivier B. Bargain, Eliane El Badaoui, Prudence Magejo, Eric Strobl, Frank Walsh

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6585

Fiscal Union in Europe? Redistributive and Stabilising Effects of an EU Tax-Benefit System

Olivier B. Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Clemens Fuest, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Sebastian Siegloch

revised version published as 'Fiscal Union in Europe? Redistributive and Stabilizing Effects of a European Tax-Benefit System and Fiscal Equalization Mechanism' in: Economic Policy, 2013, 28 (75), 375-422

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6102

Welfare, Labor Supply and Heterogeneous Preferences: Evidence for Europe and the US

Olivier B. Bargain, André Decoster, Mathias Dolls, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl, Sebastian Siegloch

revised version published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2013, 41 (4), 789-817

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6029

Intrahousehold Distribution and Child Poverty: Theory and Evidence from Côte d’Ivoire

Olivier B. Bargain, Olivier Donni, Prudence Magejo

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 107, 262-276

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5910

Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the U.S., 1978-2009: A Decomposition Approach

Olivier B. Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Herwig Immervoll, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl, Nico Pestel, Sebastian Siegloch

elements published in "Connecting People with Jobs: Australia", https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264269637-en

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5820

Labor Supply Elasticities in Europe and the US

Olivier B. Bargain, Kristian Orsini, Andreas Peichl

revised version available as IZA Discussion Paper No. 6735; published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2014, 49(3), 723-838

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5608

Optimal Commodity Taxation and Redistribution within Households

Olivier B. Bargain, Olivier Donni

published in: Economica, 2014, 81 (321), 48-62

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5480

Relative Concerns of Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China

Alpaslan Akay, Olivier B. Bargain, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2012, 81, 421-441

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5440

Tax-Benefit Systems in Europe and the US: Between Equity and Efficiency

Olivier B. Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl, Sebastian Siegloch

revised version pubished in 2 parts - as 'Comparing inequality aversion across countries when labor supply responses differ' in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2014, 21, 845 - 873 (also available as IZA DP 7215) and as 'Tax-Benefit Revealed Social Preferences in Europe and the US' in: Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 113/114, 257 -28

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5355

No Claim, No Pain: Measuring the Non-Take-up of Social Assistance Using Register Data

Olivier B. Bargain, Herwig Immervoll, Heikki Viitamäki

published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2012, 10 (3), 375-395

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5226

Back to the Future: Decomposition Analysis of Distributive Policies Using Behavioural Simulations

Olivier B. Bargain

published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2012, 19 (5), 708-731

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5221

Tax-Benefit Revealed Redistributive Preferences Over Time: Ireland 1987-2005

Olivier B. Bargain, Claire Keane

published in: Labour, 2010, 24 (s1), 141–167

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5220

Distributional Consequences of Labor Demand Adjustments to a Downturn: A Model-Based Approach with Application to Germany 2008-09

Olivier B. Bargain, Herwig Immervoll, Andreas Peichl, Sebastian Siegloch

revised version published as 'Distributional consequences of labor-demand shocks: the 2008–2009 recession in Germany' in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2012, 19 (1), 118-138

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4959

Female Labor Supply and Divorce: New Evidence from Ireland

Olivier B. Bargain, Libertad González, Claire Keane, Berkay Özcan

published in: European Economic Review, 2012, 56 (8), 1675–1691

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4711

Is Informality Bad? Evidence from Brazil, Mexico and South Africa

Olivier B. Bargain, Prudence Magejo

published as 'Earnings Structure, Informal Employment and Self-Employment: New Evidence from Brazil, Mexico and South Africa' in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2011, 57, S100-S122

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4672

The Measurement of Child Costs: Evidence from Ireland

Olivier B. Bargain, Olivier Donni, Monnet Benoit Patrick Gbakou

published in: Economic and Social Review, 2010, 41 (1), 1-20

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4654

The Measurement of Child Costs: A Rothbarth-Type Method Consistent with Scale Economies

Olivier B. Bargain, Olivier Donni

published as 'Expenditure on Children: A Rothbarth-Type Method Consistent with Scale Economies and Parents' Bargaining' in: European Economic Review, 2012, 56 (4), 792-813

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4644

In-Work Transfers in Good Times and Bad: Simulations for Ireland

Olivier B. Bargain, Karina Doorley

published in: Solomon W. Polachek, Konstantinos Tatsiramos (eds.), 2011, Research in Labor Economics (Research in Labor Economics, Volume 33), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 307-339

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4296

The Distributional Effects of Tax-Benefit Policies under New Labour: A Shapley Decomposition

Olivier B. Bargain

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 74 (6), 856–874

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4291

Caught in the Trap? The Disincentive Effect of Social Assistance

Olivier B. Bargain, Karina Doorley

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (9-10), 1096-1110

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4286

The Informal Sector Wage Gap: New Evidence Using Quantile Estimations on Panel Data

Olivier B. Bargain, Prudence Magejo

revised version published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2015, 63 (1), 117-153

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4281

Flexible Labor Supply Models

Olivier B. Bargain

published in: Economics Letters, 2009, 105 (1), 103-105

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3427

Public Sector Pay Gap in France: New Evidence Using Panel Data

Olivier B. Bargain, Blaise Melly

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3284

Earnings Differences between Chinese and Indian Wage Earners, 1987–2004

Olivier B. Bargain, Sumon K. Bhaumik, Manisha Chakrabarty, Zhong Zhao

published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2009, 55 (1), 562-587

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3078

Analysing the Effects of Tax-Benefit Reforms on Income Distribution: A Decomposition Approach

Olivier B. Bargain, Tim Callan

published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2010, 8 (1), 1 -21

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3004

How Tight Are Safety-Nets in Nordic Countries? Evidence from Finnish Register Data

Olivier B. Bargain, Herwig Immervoll, Heikki Viitamäki

substantially revised version: IZA DP 5355 / published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2012, 10 (3), 375-395

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2988

As SIMPL As That: Introducing a Tax-Benefit Microsimulation Model for Poland

Olivier B. Bargain, Leszek Morawski, Michal Myck, Mieczyslaw Socha

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2669

A Theory of Child Targeting

Olivier B. Bargain, Olivier Donni

published as 'Targeting and Child Poverty' in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2012, 39(4), 783-808

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2033

'Making Work Pay' in a Rationed Labour Market

Olivier B. Bargain, Marco Caliendo, Peter Haan, Kristian Orsini

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 21 (1), 323-351

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2025

Beans for Breakfast? How Exportable Is the British Workfare Model?

Olivier B. Bargain, Kristian Orsini

revised version published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2006, 25, 165-198

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1480

Cooperative Models in Action: Simulation of a Nash-Bargaining Model of Household Labor Supply with Taxation

Olivier B. Bargain, Nicolas Moreau

published as 'The Impact of Tax-Benefit Reforms on Labor Supply in a Simulated Nash-bargaining Framework' in: Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2013, 34(1), 77-86

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1455

On Modeling Household Labor Supply with Taxation

Olivier B. Bargain

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1451

Is the Collective Model of Labor Supply Useful for Tax Policy Analysis? A Simulation Exercise

Olivier B. Bargain, Nicolas Moreau

published in: Research on Economic Inequality, 2007 (14), 317-344

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1445

In-Work Policies in Europe: Killing Two Birds with One Stone?

Olivier B. Bargain, Kristian Orsini

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2006, 13 (6), 667-693

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1441

Normative Evaluation of Tax Policies: From Households to Individuals

Olivier B. Bargain

revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2008, 21 (2), 339-371

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