CURRICULUM VITAE July 2014 CLAUDIA SENIK Born on May 28 th, 1964 in Paris, French Nationality, 6, rue de l'ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris. ACTUAL POSITION Full Professor, University Paris-Sorbonne Professor at the Paris School of Economics Research Fellow at IZA (Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn) Member of the Institut Universitaire de France PSE, 48, bd Jourdan, 75014 Paris, France tel. 33 1 43 13 63 12 (office) / 33 6 16 55 75 15 (mobile) e-mail : senik@pse.ens.fr http://www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/en/senik-claudia/ Main Research Topics Income Distribution and Subjective Well-Being: a Micro-Econometric Approach Democracy, Market Liberalization and Political Preferences
ARTICLES Papers published in international refereeing journals Why are the French so Unhappy? The Cultural Dimension of Happiness, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, forthoming. Wealth and Happiness. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2014, 30 (1): 92-108). Learning, Political Attitudes and Crises. Lessons from Transition Countries, with Pauline Grosjean, Journal of Comparative Economics, 41(2), 490 505. "You can't be happier than your wife. Happiness Gaps and Divorce", with Cahit Guven and Holger Stichnoth, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2012, 82(1). 110 130. Democracy, Market Liberalization and Political Preferences, with Pauline Grosjean, Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93(1), 365-381. "Who compares to whom? The anatomy of income comparisons in Europe", with Andrew Clark, The Economic Journal, 2010. 120, 573 594. The Emerging Aversion to Inequality. Evidence from Poland 1992-2005, with Irena Grosfeld, Economics of Transition, 2010. 18(1) 1 26. Segregation, Entrepreneurship and Work Values: the Case of France, with Thierry Verdier, Journal of Population Economics, 2011. 24(4). Direct Evidence on Income Comparison and their Welfare Effects, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2009, 72, 408-424. Immigration and Natives Attitudes towards Redistribution: Evidence from the European Social Survey with Holger Stichnoth and Karine Van der Straeten, Social Indicators Research, 2009, 91(3) 345-370. Entrepreneurs, social networks and work values of ethnic minorities in France, with Thierry Verdier, International Journal of Manpower, 2008, 29(7), 610-629. Is Man Doomed to Progress? Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 68 (1), 140-152. Ambition and Jealousy. Income Interactions in the Old Europe versus the New Europe and the United States, Economica, 2008, 75 (299), 495-513. 2
The unexpected structure of rents on the French and British labour markets, with Andrew Clark, Journal of Socio-Economics, 2006, 35, 180-196. Heterogeneity and measures of well-being: evidence from twelve European countries, with A. Clark, F. Etilé, F. Postel-Vinay et K. Van der Straeten, Economic Journal, 2005, 155, C118-C132. What Can we Learn from Subjective Data? The Case of Income and Well-Being, Journal of Economic Surveys, 2005, 19 (1), 43-63. When Information Dominates Comparison. Learning from Russian Subjective Panel Data, Journal of Public Economics, 2004, vol. 88, 2099-2133. Workers Heterogeneity and Risk Aversion : a Segmentation Model of the Russian Labor Market, Journal of Comparative Economics, 29, pp230-256, with I. Grosfeld, T. Verdier, E. Paltseva, S. Kolenikov, June 2001. Industrial Restructuring in Russia. Early Reactions of Firms to the Shock of Liberalization, with E. Duflo, Economics of Transition, 1997, 5 (1). The International Competitiveness of Industries in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland, with Hughes G., Hare P., Zemplinerova E., Revesz T., Wiczynska D., Oxford Economic Papers, New Series, 1994, 46 (2): 200-221. The Break-Up of the Soviet Union, with G. Hughes, Economic Policy, 1992, 15. Paper published in French refereeing journals «La Croissance du PIB rendra-t-elle les habitants des pays en développement plus heureux?», avec Andrew Clark, Revue d économie du développement, numéro spécial «Mesure pour mesure : sait-on vraiment mesurer le développement?» 2011 (2-3), 113-199. «Is Happiness Different From Flourishing? Cross-Country Evidence from the ESS», avec Andrew E. Clark, Revue d économie politique, numéro spécial «Les nouveaux indicateurs de bien-être», 2011 (1), 17-34. «La montée de l'aversion à l'inégalité : du temps des anticipations au temps de la déception», avec I. Grosfeld, Revue Economique, 2009, 60(3). «Ambition et Jalousie. la perception du revenu d autrui dans la vieille Europe, la nouvelle Europe et les Etats-Unis», Revue Economique, 2006, 57(3), 645-653. 3
«La place du travail dans l identité», with H.Garner and D. Méda, Economie et Statistiques, 2006, n 393-394, 21-40. «La conciliation vie familiale-vie professionnelle : les leçons des enquêtes auprès des ménages», avec Hélène Garner et Dominique Méda, Revue Travail et Emploi, (102), 2005. «Le marché du travail russe, entre inertie et flexibilité», with I. Grosfeld et T. Verdier, Revue d Etudes Comparatives Est-Ouest, 1999, 30 (2-3). «Trois enjeux des privatisations à l'est», with I. Grosfeld, Revue Economique, 1996, 47 (6). Other recent publications The Great Happiness Moderation, with Andrew Clark and Sarah Flèche (PSE). Forthcoming in the Conference Volume of the CEPREMAP-PSE- DIMeco Conference Happiness and Economic Growth: Lessons from Developing Countries, 2014. Clark A. and Senik C. eds. Oxford University Press. Income Comparisons and Financial satisfaction in China, with Andrew Clark. Forthcoming in the Conference Volume of the CEPREMAP-PSE- DIMeco Conference Happiness and Economic Growth: Lessons from Developing Countries, 2014. Clark A. and Senik C. eds. Oxford University Press. "Le caractère cyclique des croyances et attitudes politiques. L exemple des pays d Europe central et orientale", in Daniel Cohen et Philippe Askenazy eds, 5 Crises. 11 nouvelles questions d économie contemporaine (Economiques, 2), Paris : Albin Michel, 2013, pp. 425-430. The Causes of Happiness and Misery, with Andrew Clark and Richard Layard. Chapter 2 in John Helliwell, Richard Layard and Jeffrey Sachs eds. World Happiness Report, 2012, The Earth Institute at Columbia University, CIFAR and Centre for Economic Performance at the LSE, pp. 58-89. Will GDP Growth Increase Happiness in Developing Countries?, with Andrew Clark, Conference Volume of the 8th AFD-EUDN Conference: Measure for Measure. How Well do we Measure Development? 2012. Paris: STIN, pp. 99-176. Cultural and Economic Integration in France, with Yann Algan and Camille Landais, forthcoming in Cultural and Economic integration in Europe, 2012, Oxford University Press, Eds Yann Algan, Alberto Bisin, Alan Manning and Thierry Verdier. 4
The Intangible Transition with Pauline Grosjean and Frantisek Ricka, Chapter 3 in Transition Report, 2011, EBRD. Income Distribution and Subjective Happiness: A Survey, OECD Social Employment and Migration Working Papers n 96, 2009. "Peut-on dire que les Français sont malheureux?", in Daniel Cohen et Philippe Askenazy eds, 16 nouvelles questions d économie contemporaine (Economiques, 2), Paris: Albin Michel, 2009. "Transition économique et transition politique", Histoire et liberté, 2009, 39, 29-45. "La croissance rend-elle heureux?, with Andrew Clark, in Daniel Cohen et Philippe Askenazy eds, 27 Questions d'économie contemporaine (Economiques, 1), Albin Michel, 2008. «Comment mesurer le bien-être?», Actes du colloque Un bilan de la réalité sociale : Quels enjeux de société communs aux Européens? Quelles réalités sociales spécifiques à la France? Centre d Analyse Stratégique, octobre 2007. 2007. Rapporteur, avec Camille Landais, de La France prépare mal l avenir de sa jeunesse, Académie des sciences morales et politiques, Seuil, collection L histoire immédiate. Work in Progress Economic Growth Evens-Out Happiness: Evidence from Six Surveys, with A. Clark and S. Flèche. PSE WP 2014-032, 2014. Wage comparisons in and out of the firm. Evidence from a Matched Employer-Employee French Database, with Olivier Godechot. ECINEQ WP 213-311, 2013. The Changing Reference Groups of Migrants, with Alpaslan Akay and Olivier Bargain (IZA). The Jones in Japan; Income Comparisons and Financial Satisfaction, with Andrew Clark and Katsunori Yamada, ISER WP 866, Osaka University. 5
CURRENT SCIENTIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES Director of Labour and Public Economics program of PSE. Public Economics, OSE program of the Paris School of Economics. Direction of this Research Direction, with Stéphane Gauthier (University Paris-1) and Carole Bonnet (INED). Responsible of the CEPREMAP program Public Policy and Redistribution (with Brigitte Dormont and Thomas Piketty). Income and Happiness, Direction, with Andrew Clark, of this Research Program of the CEPREMAP (2010-2012). Happiness and Economic Growth: Lessons from Developing Countries. A PSE-CEPREMAP-DIMeco Conference, organized by Claudia Senik and Andrew Clark, that took place on March 9th 2012. o View the Program of the Conference o View the papers and ppt presentations of the Conference. Going for Gold? The intangible effects of the 2012 Olympic Games in Berlin, London and Paris, joint research program, London School of Economics, Oxford University, DIW (Berlin) and PSE. European funding ORA-10-036. Life in Transition Survey (LITS), participation in the questionnaire design, EBRD, World Bank, 2006 and 2010. Preparation of a similar survey to be passed in Arab countries. Wages and Justice, survey of the French population, questionnaire and data collection, with C. Baudelot, M. Gollac, J. Gautié, O. Godechot, funding from the Agence Nationale pour la Recherche (National Agency for Research). New survey of French civil servants, funding by CEPREMAP. Elected Member of the French National Council of Universities (CNU) since June 2011. Member of the board of INED (Institut national d études démograhiques). Member of the Council of PSE (Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques, UMR8545, Paris School of Economics). Member of the faculty (Chaires associées) committee of the Paris School of Economics. Member of the Council of Partners of the ipop's Labex. 6
Responsible for Economics in the Department L.E.A. of the University Paris- Sorbonne. Membre du jury d attribution des Chaires Blaise Pascal, Fondation de l Ecole Normale Supérieure (depuis 2009). Member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Wellbeing. Associate Editor of the (newly created) IZA Journal of Labor Economics. Member of the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Applied Quality of Life Research. PhD students under my supervision Dimitris Mavridis, Labour Market Behavior and Subjective Well-Being, APE, EHESS, Paris School of Economics, PhD work in progress. Sarah Flèche (joint supervision with Andrew Clark), Income volatility and Subjective Well-Being, APE, EHESS, PhD work in progress. Xavier Fontaine-Carrion, Growth and Subjective Well-Being, APE, EHESS, Paris School of Economics, PhD defended on December 11, 2013. Dounia El Bouazizi, Economic Clusters and Development, Université Paris-Sorbonne, PhD defended on December 6, 2013. Holger Stichnoth "Three essays on immigration, relative income and income redistribtion", APE, EHESS, defended on March16, 2010. 7
TEACHING Most of my courses, including cited references, are online, either on my personal webpage or on the website for students (moodle) of the University Paris-Sorbonne, or on the PSE online pedagogical resources website: http://parisschoolofeconomics.info/. Master and PhD Level Courses The Economics of Happiness, Master 2, Economic Analysis and Policy and Public Policy and Development, EHESS, Paris School of Economics. 12 hours. Behavioral Economics, Master 2, International Business, University Paris- Sorbonne, 24 hours. The Economics of European Integration, Master 1, Business in Europe, Université Paris-Sorbonne, 60 hours. The Economics of Happiness, Master 2, Economics and Psychology, University Paris-1 and Paris 5, 12 hours. Undergraduate Level Courses Introduction to Economic Analysis, L1 Language and Business (LEA), University Paris-Sorbonne, 26 hours, 2000-2006. Money and Financial integration, L2 Economics and Management, University Paris-Sorbonne Abu-Dhabi (PSUAD), 30h. 8
FORMER POSITIONS 1996-2000 Full Professor at the University Lille-I 1994-1996 Assistant Professor (Maître de conférences) at the University Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines. 1993-1994 Post-Doctorate at ECARE (ULB, Free University of Brussels). 1993-1995 Assistant Professor (A.T.E.R.) at the University Paris-IX Dauphine. EDUCATION AND GRADES 1996 Agrégation des Universités (national competition for Full Professor tenure in Economics). 1995 Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (entitlement to research direction) University Versailles Saint-Quentin en Yvelines. 1990-1993 PhD at DELTA, E.H.E.S.S Subject : Openness and Competitiveness in the Republics of the Former USSR, under the direction of Richard Portes. 1988-1989 Institute of Economics of the Moscow University. 1987-1988 D.E.A. (Master 2) International Economics, University Paris-I. 1987 Agrégation de Sciences sociales 1986 Master 1 (maîtrise) in Econometrics, University Paris-I. 1984-1988 Ecole Normale Supérieure - Ulm, Concours Lettres, option Sciences Sociales (concours BL actuel). 9