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Etienne LEHMANN
CRED (TEPP) University Panthéon-Assas Paris 2.
Email: [email protected]
Homepage: http://cred.u-paris2.fr/node/69
Mailing Address: 12 Place du Panthéon, 75 231, Paris Cedex 05, France.
Physical Address: 21 rue Valette, 75 005, Paris, France.
Last updated: March 27, 2015.
Personal
Born on November 9, 1972, in Lille, France.
Married with Emmanuelle Taugourdeau
3 kids (Joséphine born in 2000, Valentine born in 2003 and Victor born in 2006)
Current Position
Professor in Economics, University Panthéon-Assas Paris 2.
Deputy director of CRED.
Institut Universitaire de France, Junior member (2012 – 2017).
Research fellow at CREST.
External member of IRES, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
Associate Research fellow at IZA, Bonn, Germany.
Research fellow at CESifo, Munich, Germany.
Member of the Conseil des Prélèvements Obligatoires, France.
Education
Ph.D. Economics, University Paris 1, 1998 (Pierre CAHUC (supervisor), Louis- André
GERARD-VARET (chair), Bruno VAN DER LINDEN (referee), Jean-Louis RULLIERE (referee) Michel SOLLOGHOUB).
M.A. Economics (DEA Macroéconomie, Modélisation et Conjoncture), University Paris 1,
1998.
ENSAE (Ecole Nationale de la Statistiques et des Etudes Economiques), 1992–1995.
Preparatory classes in Mathematics and Physiques (Mathématiques Supérieures et Spéciales),
Lyçée Saint Louis, Paris 6eme (1990-1992).
Baccalauréat C (Mathematics and Physics), Lyçée Fénélon, Lille, 1990.
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Professional Experiences
University Panthéon-Assas Paris 2 (Professor) 2002-2006 and 2012–...
Visiting scholar (Fulbright grant) University of California Berkeley (January–August 2014)
CREST (On leave full research position) 2006–2012.
University Jean Monnet of Saint Etienne (Professor) 2000 – 2002.
University Panthéon Assas Paris 2 (Maître de conférences - Lecturer) 1999–2000.
Publications
Journal Articles
1. Tax Me If You Can! Optimal Nonlinear Income Tax between Competing Governments,
with Laurent SIMULA and Alain TRANNOY, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 129:4,
1995-2030, 2014.
2. “Renforcer la progressivité des prélèvements sociaux", with Yannick L’HORTY, Revue
Française d’Économie, XXIX, 25–61, 2014.
3. Optimal income taxation with Kalai wage bargaining and endogenous participation,
with Laurence JACQUET and Bruno VAN DER LINDEN, Social Choice and Welfare, 42(2),
381–402, 2014.
4. A la recherche d’une fiscalité optimale des revenus, Revue Française d’Économie, XXVII(4),
159–204, 2013.
5. The Optimal Marginal Tax Rates with both Extensive and Intensive Responses, with
Laurence JACQUET and Bruno VAN DER LINDEN, Journal of Economic Theory, 148(5),
1770–1805, 2013.
6. Labor earnings respond differently to income tax and payroll tax reforms, with François
MARICAL and Laurence RIOUX, Journal of Public Economics, 99(1), 66–84, 2013.
7. Wage Rigidity or Fiscal Redistribution: The credibility issue, with Manon DOMINGUES
DOS SANTOS, Economics Bulletin, 32(4), 2801–2807, 2012. link
8. A Search Model of Unemployment and Inflation, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 114(1),
245–266, 2012.
9. Optimal income taxation with endogenous participation and search unemployment,
with Alexis PARMENTIER and Bruno VAN DER LINDEN, Journal of Public Economics,
95(11–12), 1523–37, 2011.
10. A Simple Theory of Optimal Redistributive Taxation with Equilibrium Unemployment,
with Mathias HUNGERBÜHLER, Alexis PARMENTIER and Bruno VAN DER LINDEN,
Economie Publique, 22–23, pp. 203–218.
11. Credit constraints and the persistence of unemployment, with Elie KOLAKEZ and Nicolas L DROMEL, Labour Economics, 17(5), 823–34, 2010.
12. Search Frictions on Product and Labor markets: Money in the Matching Function, with
Bruno VAN DER LINDEN, Macroeconomic Dynamics, 14(1), 56–92, 2010.
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13. On the Optimality of A Minimum Wage: New Insights from Optimal Tax Theory, with
Mathias HUNGERBÜHLER, Journal of Public Economics, 93(3–4), 464–481, 2009.
14. Minimum Wage or Negative Income Tax: Why Skilled Workers May Favor Wage Rigidities, with Maya BACACHE-BEAUVALLET, Spanish Economic Review, 10(1), pp. 63–81,
2008.
15. On the optimality of search matching equilibrium when workers are risk averse, with
Bruno VAN DER LINDEN, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 9(5), 867-884, 2007.
16. Optimal Income Taxation and the shape of average tax rates, with Jean HINDRICKS and
Alexis PARMENTIER, Economics Bulletin, 8(2), 1-6, 2006, link
17. Optimal Redistributive Taxation in a Search Equilibrium Model, with Mathias HUNGERBÜHLER, Alexis PARMENTIER and Bruno VAN DER LINDEN, Review of Economic Studies, 73(3), 715-739, 2006.
18. Why will technical change not be permanently skill-biased?, with Patricia CRIFO, Review
of Economic Dynamics, 7(1), 157-180, 2004.
19. Strategic Interactions on structural reform between integrated countries: What lessons
for the EU?, with Emmanuelle TAUGOURDEAU, Journal of Economic Integration, 19(1),
46-53, 2004.
20. Evaluation de la mise en place d’un système d’allocation universelle en présence de
qualifications hétérogènes : le rôle institutionnel du chômage et du salaire minimum",
Economie et prévision, 157, 2003-1, 31-50.
21. Faut-il inciter l’offre ou la demande de travail peu qualifié ?, with Pierre CAHUC, Revue
Economique, 53(6), 1305-1327, 2002.
22. Should Unemployment Benefits decrease with unemployment spell?, with Pierre CAHUC,
Journal of Public Economics, 77(1), 135-153, 2000.
23. L’impact de l’assurance chômage et de l’assistance chômage sur le chômage d’équilibre,
Annales d’Economie et de Statistiques, 53, 31-42, 1999.
24. L’indemnisation du chômage : les enseignements de la théorie économique, Revue Française
d’Economie, XIV-4, 159-187, 1999.
25. Quel est le niveau optimal des allocations chômage dans les modèles de négociations
salariales ?, Recherches Economiques de Louvain/Louvain Economic Review, 63(4), 389-419,
1997.
Collective books
26. Laisser faire ou régulation ? Une synthèse des théories économiques, dans Régulation
économique et démocratie, coordonné par Martine Lombard, collection thèmes et commentaires, Editions Dalloz, 2006.
27. Réduction de la durée du travail, chômage et croissance dans un modèle de négociations salariales avec détermination centralisée des allocations chômage, chapitre 9 in
Cahuc, P. et P. Granier éditeurs, La réduction du temps de travail une solution pour l’emploi ?,
Economica, 1997.
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Unpublished Working papers
28. Optimal Income Taxation when Skills and Behavioral Elasticities are Heterogeneous,
with Laurence JACQUET, CESifo Working Paper 5265, 2015 (preceding version Optimal
Nonlinear Income Taxation with Multidimensional Types: The Case with Heterogeneous
Behavioral Responses, THEMA working paper 2014-01, 2014)
29. Inefficient equilibrium unemployment in a duocentric economy with matching frictions,
with Paola L. MONTERO LEDEZMA and Bruno VAN DER LINDEN, IZA Discussion
Paper 7828, 2013.
30. Beyond the Labour Income Tax Wedge: The Unemployment-Reducing Effect of Tax Progressivity, with Claudio LUCIFORA, Simone MORICONI and Bruno VAN DER LINDEN, CESifo Working Paper No 4348, 2013.
31. A Median Voter Theorem for Postelections politics, with Dhammika DHARMAPALA
University of Connecticut, Department of Economics, Working Papers 2003-47.
Contributions in Media
32. Réductions de charges : priorité aux bas salaires, tribune cosignée avec 35 collègues,
parue dans le Monde du 6 fevrier 2014.
33. Le chômage devrait baisser d’ici à 2017, avec Pierre Cahuc, Stéphane Carcillo, Marc
Ferracci, Olivier Galland, Jean-Olivier Hairault, Francis Kramarz, Franck Malherbet et
André Zylberberg, paru dans Le Monde 10 avril 2013.
34. Compétitivité : le piège des baisses de cotisations mal ciblées, avec Pierre Cahuc, Stéphane
Carcillo, Marc Ferracci, Jean-Olivier Hairault, Francis Kramarz et André Zylberberg,
parue dans Les Echos, 24 octobre 2012.
35. Combiner la théorie du chômage et celle de la fiscalité pour améliorer la redistribution,
parue dans Le Monde Economie, mardi 24 mai 2011.
36. Pourquoi la politique d’allègement des charges sur les bas salaires est justifiée, Telos, 26
septembre 2006
37. Baisse des cotisations patronales ou incitations au travail ?, avec Pierre CAHUC, parue
dans Les Echos, le 29 mai 2000.
Awards
Nominated for the prize of best young French économistes - Le cercle des economistes Le monde Economie, May 23rd 2011
Professional responsabilities
Deputy director of CRED - Université Panthéon - Assas Paris 2 (2013 –...)
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Editorial responsabilities
Associate Editor to Annals of Economics and Statistics (2010–...).
Guest Editor for the special issue of Annals of Economics and Statistics on the Economics of
taxation , to be published in 2014, with Emmanuelle Taugourdeau and Robin Boadway.
Associate Editor to Economics Bulletin (2008–2013).
Associate Editor to Louvain Economic Review.
Refering
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Canadian Journal of Economics, Econometrica, Economics Bulletin, Economic Journal, European Economic Review, European Journal of Law and
Economics, European Journal of Political Economy, Finanzarchiv, International Tax and Public
Finance, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economic Integration, Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, Journal of Economics, Journal of the European
Economic Association, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Journal of Population
Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Labour, Labour Economics, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Mathematical and Social Science, Quarterly Journal of Economics, RAND Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Dynamics, Review of Economic Studies,
Review of Income and Wealth, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Southern Economic Journal.
Annales d’Économie et de Statistiques, Revue Française d’Économie, Économie et Statistiques,
Economie et Prévision, Revue d’Économie Politique, Revue Économique, Recherches Économiques
de Louvain.
Workshop organization
Workshop Economics of Taxation at ENS Cachan, GENES, ERMES University Paris 2, ENS
Cachan and ADRES), with Emmanuelle Taugourdeau and Robin Boadway, July 1st − 2nd
2013.
IZA Workshop The Economics of Labor Income Taxation, Bonn, with Pierre Cahuc, Stéphane
Gauthier, Guy Laroque and Konstantinos Tatsiramos, September 12th − 13th 2008.
Scientific committee of the 56th annual congress of AFSE (French Association of Economic
Science) 2007 and 2009.
Workshop Search-Matching models of money and labor, ERMES - Université Paris 2 PanthéonAssas, December 11th 2002.
Member of the local organization committee of the 14th EALE meeting (European Association
of Labour Economists), Paris 1, 2002.
Member of the local organization committee of the 3th congress of the Association of Public
Economic Theory, Paris 1, July 2002.
Workshop Recent advances in political economics, EUREQua (Paris 1) - ENS - T2M - Fédération Jourdan May 13th and 14th 2002.