Yann Algan

Research Fellow

Sciences Po, Paris

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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.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14476
The Economic Incentives of Cultural Transmission: Spatial Evidence from Naming Patterns across France
Yann Algan, Clément Malgouyres, Thierry Mayer, Mathias Thoenig
published in: Economic Journal, 2022, 132 (642), 437 - 470
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14005
Friendship Networks and Political Opinions: A Natural Experiment among Future French Politicians
Yann Algan, Nicolò Dalvit, Quoc-Anh Do, Alexis Le Chapelain, Yves Zenou
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10433
Computer Gaming and Test Scores: Cross-Country Gender Differences among Teenagers
Yann Algan, Nicole M. Fortin
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. 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. 6053
Diversity and Public Goods: A Natural Experiment with Exogenous Residential Allocation
Yann Algan, Camille Hémet, David D. Laitin
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. 5185
Assimilation and Integration of Immigrants in Europe
Mariya Aleksynska, Yann Algan
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
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