What's new
March 13, 2010
Final version of "Democracy, Rule of Law, Corruption Incentives and Growth" [with C. Delavallade]
March 8, 2010
Revised version of "Would Empowering Women Initiate the Demographic Transition in Least-Developed Countries ?", [with M. Vander Donckt] Academic writings (en)
March 1, 2010
New paper on "Do Brain Drain and Poverty Result
from Coordination Failures?" [with F. Docquier], see Academic writings (en)
The page on migration policy has been updated accordingly, see Migration Policy
December 10, 2009
New paper on "How Powerful is Demography? The Serendipity Theorem Revisited" [with G. Ponthière and P. Pestieau], see Academic writings (en)
November 24, 2009
All the publications are now followed by a one line summary in page Academic writings (en)
History of Changes
October 22, 2009
All the "Topics" pages have been reviewed. list of Ph.D students updated. Bio updated (new: list of coauthors)
New note on "Why Corrupt Governments May Receive More Foreign Aid" [with C. Delavallade]
October 5, 2009
New version of "Democracy, Rule of Law, Corruption Incentives and Growth" coauthored with Clara Delavallade .
October 1, 2009
Family pictures updated.
September 2, 2009
New policy paper on immigration (in French): Effets économiques d’une
régularisation des sans-papiers
en Belgique [with F. Docquier and B. Van der Linden].
New paper on An Incentive Mechanism to Break the Low-skill
Immigration Deadlock [with F. Docquier].
June 9, 2009
New version of "The Child is Father of The Man - Implications for the Demographic Transition" [with O. Licandro].
June 4, 2009
New version of "On the Golden Rule of Capital Accumulation under Endogenous Longevity" [with G. Ponthière]
April 28, 2009
New data sets section gathering some data used in the papers.
April 21, 2009
New policy paper: La croissance pour échapper à la faim et à la mort prématurée
Pictures from my visit to National Taiwan University
April 13, 2009
Pictures: from 03º52' 11" East, 44º12' 29" North.
Pictures of the Macro group in 2009
March 19, 2009
New policy paper: Une politique d’immigration vraiment libérale
March 10, 2009
New version of "The Child is Father of The Man - Implications for the Demographic Transition" [with O. Licandro].
New version of "Would Empowering Women Initiate the Demographic Transition in Least-Developed Countries ?", [with M. Vander Donckt]
New version of "The Tradeoff Between Growth and Redistribution: ELIE in an Overlapping Generations Model"[with M. Lubrano]
February 3, 2009
New policy paper on unemployment: Les travailleurs âgés prennent-ils la place des jeunes ? [with O. Pierrard et H. Sneessens]
New version of "On the Golden Rule of Capital Accumulation under Endogenous Longevity" [with G. Ponthiere].
Some pdf's of "old" published articles available
December 23, 2008
New version of "The Child is Father of The Man - Implications for the Demographic Transition" [with O. Licandro].
October 23, 2008
New version of "A Note on Inflation Persistence in a Fair Wage Model of the Business Cycle" [with G. de Walque and R. Wouters]
October 2, 2008
Final version of ``Growth, Public Investment and Corruption with Failing Institutions'' [with C. Delavallade].
September 14, 2008
Data sets of the "differential fertility" paper and of the "segregate" paper can be download from these pages (in the "Be fruitful and multiply" section).
September 8, 2008
New pictures of past Ph.D defenses. Today, Alessandro Sommacal defended his thesis.
August 1, 2008
Two new papers: a discussion of the possible effect of the rise in longevity and the industrial revolution: "Adult Longevity and Economic Take-off: from Malthus to Ben-Porath"
A short note on: "On the Golden Rule of Capital Accumulation under Endogenous Longevity" (with G. Ponthiere).
July 26, 2008
Final revision of "To Segregate or to Integrate: Education Politics and Democracy" [with M. Doepke] now available.
Some pictures from former Ph.D students during their defense. (in Supervising Ph.D)
July 4, 2008
New version of "Would Empowering Women Initiate the Demographic Transition in Least-Developed Countries ?", [with M. Vander Donckt]
Pictures of PET08 conference.
Page on institutions updated with the new topic of institutions promoting gender equality.
June 9, 2008
Pictures of Matagne II workshop.
May 29, 2008
Pictures of beer tasting party following the Clemson-Louvain workshop in growth;
Family pictures updated.
May 13, 2008
Updated page: Supervising Ph.d thesis (some links added), Projects
"Would Empowering Women Initiate the
Demographic Transition in Least-Developed
Countries ?" updated (with M. Vander Donckt)
The two papers with C. Delavallade are updated + page on institutions
April 11, 2008
First version of "The Tradeoff Between Growth and Equality: ELIE in an Overlapping Generations Model" [with M. Lubrano]
April 2, 2008
First version of "Would Empowering Women Initiate the Demographic Transition in Least-Developed Countries ?", [with M. Vander Donckt]
Project page updated
March 20, 2008
More pdf's of published articles.
February 10, 2008
Final version of "Population Policy through Tradable Procreation Entitlements" [with A. Gosseries].
January 22, 2008
New pictures of Washington and of a dinner of the Hoover Chair group.
More pdf's of published articles and cv.
December 18, 2007
Final version of Easter Island's Collapse: A Tale of Population Race [with D. Dottori]
December 12, 2007
New page on ongoing projects
Page on "Conflicts and Solidarity across Generations" redesigned
November 9, 2007
New version and slides of "Population Policy through Tradable Procreation Entitlements." [with A.Gosseries]
November 6, 2007
Policy paper: Financement privé de l'éducation, inégalités et démocratie [with M. Doepke] in Regards Economiques
October 31, 2007
New version of the paper "Public policies, school attendance and skill premia in France and the US: a Walrasian view", with a new title [with F. Docquier]
October 3, 2007
The long paper with Clara Delavallade is now split into two parts:
Democracy, Rule of Law, Corruption Incentives and Growth, [with C. Delavallade].
Growth, Public Investment and Corruption with Failing Institutions, [with C. Delavallade].
Also, the paper with G. de Walque and R. Wouters will be split into two, and the first is now available:
Inflation Persistence in a Fair Wage Model of the Business Cycle [with G. de Walque and R. Wouters]
October 1, 2007
Brand new site, complying with XHTML 1.0 strict.
New pictures from a conference in Tokyo (2006) and to the visit of 5 UCL professors to Clemson University
September 21, 2007
Policy paper: Politics and the Structure of Education Funding [with M. Doepke].
September 16, 2007
More pdf's of published articles, including old ones.
August 30, 2007
New version of "Demographic Change and Economic Growth in Sweden: 1750-2050" [with T. Lindh and B. Malmberg].
August 1, 2007
Major revision of "To Segregate or to Integrate: Education Politics and Democracy" [with M. Doepke] now available.
July 24, 2007
Revised version of "Population Policy through Tradable Procreation Entitlements" [with A. Gosseries].
July 7, 2007
New version of: Easter Island's Collapse: A Tale of Population Race [with D. Dottori]
Updated CV and Historical Page on Quantity Rationing Models !
June 27, 2007
New version of: Swedish Economic Growth and Education Since 1800 [with T. Lindh and B. Malmberg].
New version of: The Child is Father of The Man - Implications for the Demographic Transition [with O. Licandro].
June 17, 2007
New policy paper (in French): Public finance> La TVA sociale: bonne pour l'emploi mais inegalitaire ? (Carte Blanche Le Soir).
May 30, 2007
New version of: Income Growth in the 21st Century: Forecasts with an Overlapping Generations Model [with F. Docquier and P. Liegeois].
May 26, 2007
New version of: The Father of Child is Father of Man - Implications for the Demographic Transition [with O. Licandro]
May 7, 2007
New Paper: The Father of Child is Father of Man - Implications for the Demographic Transition [with O. Licandro]
March 6, 2007
The paper "Growth and Longevity from the Industrial Revolution to the Future of an Aging Society" has been split and revised into two different papers:
Economic Growth and Education Since 1800: How Much does Longer Life Explain?
Demographic Change and Economic Growth in Sweden: 1750-2050
[with T. Lindh and B. Malmberg]
Minor fixes for "Population Policy through Tradable Procreation Entitlements" [with A. Gosseries].
February 15, 2007
Minor fixes for "Easter Island Collapse..." [with D. Dottori] and "Corruption, Public Investment..." [with C. Delavallade].
Updated CV, Ph. Students list.
January 13, 2007
New Research Program: Early Economic Developments.
New Paper: "Easter Island Collapse: A Tale of Population Race" [with D. Dottori].
December 18, 2006
New Paper: "Procreation, Migration, and Tradable Quotas", in Population Aging, Intergenerational Transfers and the Macroeconomy, R. Clark, A.Mason and N. Ogawa eds, Edward Elgar Publishing. [with A. Gosseries].
November 6, 2006
Updated version of "A Theory of Medical Effectiveness, Differential Mortality, Income Inequality and Growth for Pre-Industrial England" (with A. Sommacal).
October 21, 2006
New Paper: Dynamics and Monetary Policy in a Fair Wage
Model of the Business Cycle, (with G. de Walque, R. Wouters)
New policy paper (in French) on pension reform in Belgium (with P. Pestieau) Policy papers>Public finance
Updated version of "Corruption, Public Investment and Growth with Failing
Institutions" (with C. Delavallade).
Updated CV and Ph.D students.
September 13, 2006
Updated "research programs": Institutions and Growth (various updates) and Longevity (picture).
Updated souvenir section.
July 24, 2006
Updated "research programs": Institutions anf Growth:
Revised version of "Education and Growth with Endogenous Debt Constraints" (with P. Michel).
New paper on failing legal and political institutions (with C. Delavallade).
June 29, 2006
The new entry "research programs" is now completed.
New pictures about folklore in Louvain-la-Neuve.
New article on migration (policy papers, migration): let us open our labor markets to migrants.
May 29, 2006
In order to show how my different papers articulate into research programs, a have started a new menu entry, "research programs", which starts today with "differential fertility - education".
May 17, 2006
A first version of the new paper "Population Policy through Tradable Procreation Entitlements" [with A. Gosseries] is available.
April 18, 2006
New version of: To Segregate or to Integrate: Education Politics and Democracy [with M. Doepke].
In books, reference to
Institutions, Development, and Economic Growth
by Theo S. Eicher (Editor), Cecilia García-Peñalosa (Editor).
March 29, 2006
New version of: A Theory of Medicine Effectiveness, Differential Mortality, Income Inequality and Growth for Pre-Industrial England [with A. Sommacal].
March 22, 2006
New paper: Vintage capital [with R. Boucekkine and O. Licandro].
New version of: Early literacy achievements, population density and
the transition to modern growth [with R. Boucekkine and D. Peeters].
March 1, 2006
New research paper: Growth and Longevity from the Industrial to the Future of an Aging Society [with T. Lindh and B. Malmberg].
February 2, 2006
New research paper: A Theory of Medicine Effectiveness, Differential Mortality, Income Inequality and Growth for Pre-Industrial England [with A. Sommacal].
December 7, 2005
Various little updates: Research Papers, Journal articles, cv.
Use of javascript Random Image (The JavaScript Source).
The pictures section has been reorganized with plenty of new things.
November 21, 2005
New version of the research paper "Education and Growth with Endogenous Debt Constraints" authored with Philippe Michel.
September 15, 2005
DOLORES has now her webpage.
July 7, 2005
Interview on aging, in Policy papers>Public finance> (in French)
in Policy papers>growth> text in French on the Nobel prize of E. Prescott.
May 28, 2005
New research paper: Disentangling the Demographic Determinants of the English Take-off: 1530-1860 [with R. Boucekkine and D. Peeters].
April 6, 2005
Interview, in Policy papers>Public finance, on pensions and growth (in French).
January 17, 2005
New research paper: Early literacy achievements, population density and the transition to modern growth [with R. Boucekkine and D. Peeters].
October 5, 2004
New research paper: Education and growth with endogenous debt constraints [with P. Michel].
September 28, 2004
New text: Taux d'activité des travailleurs agés et taxation du travail (see policy papers, public finance).
New version of the paper: Diverging patterns of education premium and
school attendance in France and the US: a Walrasian view (see papers).
September 23, 2004
List of Ph.D students updated.
July 28, 2004
Policy papers>Public finance and unemployment> Prépensions et chomage (Interview Télémoustique).
July 20, 2004
New version of the paper Wealth breeds decline: Reversals of leadership and consumption habits, with L. Artige and C. Camacho, now forthcoming in Journal of Economic Growth.
July 17, 2004
New report: in Policy papers>Education> Human capital as a factor of growth and development at the regional level. The case of Belgium. (with V. Vandenberghe).
June 28, 2004
New paper: Modeling vintage structures with DDEs: principles and applications (with R. Boucekkine and O. Licandro).
June 19, 2004
New paper: Income growth in the 21st century: forecasts with an OLG model (with F. Docquier and P. Liegeois)
New book review by A. Mounford (see book on OLG).
May 6, 2004
New section: Archives, where some material has been moved to.
Updated section: teaching>graduate school. Slides available.
April 14, 2004
Updated sections: Book on OLG and policy papers>public finance.
The list of publications has been reorganized.
March 30, 2004
De Economie van Grijsland (in Dutch), policy papers, growth.
March 18, 2004
Francqui Chair: introduction (in Dutch), slides, pictures.
February 9, 2004
Updated notes for course ECON 2125 (intermediate macro).
January 15, 2004
Slides of my presentation in Stockholm : Longevity and growth in Sweden.
December 8, 2003
New version of "To Segregate or to Integrate" (research papers).
New book review of "A Theory of Economic Growth" in Italian (book on OLG).
November 27, 2003
New item: "All books".
November 5, 2003
New paper: "To Segregate or to Integrate: Education Politics and Democracy" (with M. Doepke).
October 31, 2003
New item: personal pictures.
October 30, 2003
Two new policy papers in Public Finance.
New version of "Growth and equality: losers and gainers from financial reform" (with C. Azariadis)
CV, list of Ph.D students Updated.
September 23, 2003
New paper: "Diverging patterns of education premium and school attendance in France and the US: a Walrasian view", with
Frederic Docquier.
Cv updated, list of Ph.D Students updated.
June 30, 2003
CV and publications updated.
May 21, 2003
New version of the paper "Long waves of regional development" with a new title: "Wealth breeds decline: Reversals of leadership and consumption habits" (written with C. Camacho and L. Artige).
May 12, 2003
CV updated.
May 11, 2003
New page: what's new.
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