Yann ALGAN
Associate Dean of Pre-experience Programs and Professor of Economics at HEC, IZA Research Fellow, CEPR Research Fellow, Member of the Conseil d'analyse économique (for the Prime Minister), Board Member of OECD Commission on Well Being
Yann Algan joined the Department in 2008. He is a member of the OECD High Level Expert Group on Well-Being, and is affiliated with CEPR and IZA. He was also the Dean of the School of Public Affairs at Sciences Po until 2021. He is also Associate Dean of Pre-experience Programs and Professor of Economics at HEC Paris since 2021.
His main contributions focus on the role of trust and well-being within organizations and societies, with seminal papers showing the causal impact of trust on economic growth, institutions, populism, and management and organizations. He also focuses on the evaluation of public policy with particular attention to the role of education, management, and employment policies. His work incorporates methods from economics, management, social sciences, psychology, and big data. His work has been published in various top 5 (American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Political Economy), generalist inter-disciplinary reviews (PNAS, Lancet, Organization Science…) and, as one of the main specialists of his field, in different handbooks.
His research has been recognised on both national and international levels. His awards include the Best French Young Economist (2009), and his books on trust and French society have been awarded the Best French Economics Book and French Essay (2009) and Best French Economics Book, Prix Lycéen (2013). In 2010 he was awarded an ERC Starting Grant for his project “Trust”. In 2015, he received a second ERC grant, a consolidator one, for the project SOWELL on Social Preferences, Well-Being, and Policy. He is one of the main contributors of the international project for a new curriculum in economy (CORE) and Senior Editor of the review Economic Policy.
Research Areas
Public Economics, Cultural Economics, Social Interactions, Political Economy, Experimental Economics, Labour Economics
Latest Publications
- Trust in scientists in times of pandemic: Panel evidence from 12 countries
- Essays on the determinants of wage inequality
- Early life adversity is associated with diminished social trust in adults
- Opposing regional integration in comparative perspective. Understanding opposition of public opinion to regional integration in Europe and Latin America
- Inattention in boys from low-income backgrounds predicts welfare receipt: a 30-year prospective study
- Why we need a European Social Union. A free standing political justification
- Les Origines du populisme
- Friendship Networks and Political Opinions: A Natural Experiment among Future French Politicians
- Friendship Networks and Political Opinions: A Natural Experiment among Future French Politicians
- Qui sont les Gilets jaunes et leurs soutiens?
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