Public Outreach

At the interface between academic research and society, AMSE disseminates economic knowledge to non-academic audiences by:
- making the results of research accessible to everyone through its digital journal, Dialogues économiques, which publishes articles, videos and infographics,
- organizing outreach events (conferences, festivals, exhibitions),
- supporting researchers to contributing to the public debate (journalistic writing, press relations).
  • Press
  • Op-Ed

Le Monde op-ed article by Alain Trannoy about Marcel Boiteux

Only in French - An op-ed piece by Alain Trannoy (EHESS, AMSE) published in "Le Monde", on the work of Marcel Boiteux, who passed away at the beginning of September.
September 13th 2023
  • Dialogues économiques

One more effort for equality of opportunity

Does everyone have the same opportunity to succeed at school? While there is a certain consensus on the inequalities caused by social differences, a team of researchers demonstrates that the effort of each pupil is underestimated in explaining school results.
Reference: M. N. Asadullah, A. Trannoy, S. Tubeuf, G. Yalonetzky, 2021. "Measuring educational inequality of opportunity : Pupil’s effort matters" World Development. 138, 105262.
September 13th 2023
  • Expertise

From natural resource exploitation to ethnic group identification

A column by Nicolas Berman, Mathieu Couttenier and Victoire Girard published on VoxEU/CEPR.
July 15th 2023
  • Dialogues économiques

Heatwaves: stifling the economy

Heatwaves are often overlooked in the analysis of extreme weather events, particularly in terms of their economic impact. This lack of research and the population's low perception of risk limit the adoption of adaptation measures, despite the fact that the health effects of heatwaves are largely avoidable.
Reference: Adélaïde L., Chanel O., Pascal M., (2022). “Des impacts sanitaires du changement climatique déjà bien visibles : L’exemple des canicules”. Annales des Mines - Responsabilité et environnement, 106(2), 42-47.
July 05th 2023
  • Press
  • Op-Ed

Le Monde op-ed article by Gilles Dufrénot about the Paris summit for a new global financial pact and african countries

Only in French - In an Op-ed article published in "Le Monde" Gilles Dufrénot (AMSE/SciencesPo Aix/CEPII) discusses the issues at stake for African countries following the Paris summit for a new global financial pact.
June 27th 2023
  • Dialogues économiques

High voltage climate in Brazil: when drought kills

Are we going to end up killing each other in the face of high temperatures? Without going that far, climate change is already having a serious impact on insecurity. Brazil, infamous for its crime rate, is on the front line of environmental disasters. According to economist Phoebe W. Ishak, between 1991 and 2015, Brazil's severe droughts not only affected farmers' incomes, but also increased the homicide rate.
Reference: Ishak P. W., 2022, “Murder nature : Weather and violent crime in rural Brazil”, World Development, 157, 105933.
June 20th 2023
  • Dialogues économiques

Manipulating a country's culture for greater control

How can ineffective ideas be imposed? Even when the elites who promote them are not able to impose them through their vested interests? Economists Murat Iyigun, Avner Seror and Jared Rubin propose an explanation that places the influence on the culture of the society as a central element.
Reference: Iyigun M., Rubin J., Seror A., 2021. "A theory of cultural revivals", European Economic Review, 135, 103734.
June 06th 2023
  • Expertise

Two-thirds of general practitioners say they have to refuse new patients as their preferred doctor

Only in French | In this study published by DREES, Bérengère Davin-Casalena and her co-authors, including Bruno Ventelou (AMU/CNRS/AMSE), take stock of general practitioners' perceptions of the supply of general medicine in their area, and of changes in practices and conditions of practice. Here, we look at how GPs are adapting their practices to cope with the decline in medical demographics, for example, by taking on new patients as GPs.
Reference: Bérengère D., et al,2023. "Les deux tiers des généralistes déclarent être amenés à refuser de nouveaux patients comme médecin traitant" Etude et résultats, DREES
May 26th 2023
  • Dialogues économiques

Same-sex marriage: change the law, change your mind?

Since the Netherlands in 2001, only 34 countries have legalized same-sex marriage. Have these legal norms led to more benevolence towards same-sex couples? The work of economists Sylvie Blasco, Eva Moreno Galbis and Jeremy Tanguy reveals that the evolution of individual opinions depends on the adequacy of laws with the norm of one's community or partner.
Reference: Blasco S., Moreno Galbis E., Tanguy J., 2022, " Social Ties and the Influence of Public Policies on Individual Opinions : The Case of Same-Sex Marriage Laws ", The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 38(1), 196 271.
May 24th 2023
  • Dialogues économiques

Geographical mobility : not all created equal!

What are the determinants of mobility in the labour market? Are some professions more mobile than others? Researchers Benoît Schmutz, Modibo Sidibé and Élie Vidal-Naquet reveal ways of influencing worker mobility in order to vitalise the labour market.
Reference: Schmutz B., Sidibé M., Vidal-Naquet É., 2021, "Why Are Low-Skilled Workers Less Mobile? The Role of Mobility Costs and Spatial Frictions", Annals of Economics and Statistics, 142, 283‑304.
May 09th 2023