Olivier Bargain

Research Fellow

Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV

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Olivier is Professor of Economics at the University of Bordeaux and member of the Institut Universitaire de France. He is also a Research Fellow at IZA and LISER. 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 is now director of the research department 'Behavior, Organizations and Policy Evaluation' at Bordeaux University.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4672
The Measurement of Child Costs: Evidence from Ireland
Olivier 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Bargain, Blaise Melly
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3284
Earnings Differences between Chinese and Indian Wage Earners, 1987–2004
Olivier 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 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 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 Bargain, Leszek Morawski, Michal Myck, Mieczyslaw Socha
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2669
A Theory of Child Targeting
Olivier 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 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 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 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 Bargain
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1451
Is the Collective Model of Labor Supply Useful for Tax Policy Analysis? A Simulation Exercise
Olivier 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 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 Bargain
revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2008, 21 (2), 339-371
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