Étienne Wasmer

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Étienne Wasmer is a French professor and economist. He mainly focuses on the following fields: labor economics, job search theory, discrimination and human capital. He teaches microeconomics and labor economics.

1 Education
2 Career
3 Current
4 Main thesis
5 Main publications
6 Blog

[edit] Education

École Polytechnique, 1990-1993
DEA Analyse et Politique Économique, 1994
PhD London School of Economics, 1997

[edit] Career

Chaire de recherche du Canada, UQAM
Professeur des universités à Metz
Associated Professor & Research Fellow, ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels
Research Fellow, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm

[edit] Current

Professor at Sciences-Po Paris
Researcher at the OFCE
Research Fellow at CEPR, London
Research Fellow at Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn

[edit] Main thesis

According to Étienne Wasmer, the European social model implies a considerable sectorial specialization of workers. Étienne Wasmer contends that the model is effective during times of macroeconomic stability but weak during macroeconomic turbulence. His favorite thesis is that of the backfire effects of protective legislation: for instance when property owners have to cope with unpaid bills for months because of red tape, they deny leases to poor tenants.

[edit] Main publications

Cahuc, P., Marque, F. and Wasmer, E. (2007). ‘Intrafirm wage bargaining in matching models: macroeconomic implications and resolution methods with multiple labor inputs’, forthcoming, International Economic Review.
Wasmer, E. (2007). ‘Links between Labor Supply and Unemployment: Theory and Empirics’, forthcoming, Journal of Population Economics
Wasmer, E. (2006). 'Interpreting Europe-US Labor Market Differences : the Specificity of Human Capital Investments', American Economic Review, June, Volume 96(3), pp 811-831
Garibaldi, P. and Wasmer, E. (2005). 'Labor Market Flows and Equilibrium Search Unemployment', Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol 3(2), June, pp. 851-882.
Wasmer, E. et Weil, P. (2004). 'The Macroeconomics of Credit and Labor Market Imperfections', American Economic Review, September, 94(4), pp 944-963.
Wasmer, E. et Zenou, Y. (2006). 'Does Space Affect Search? A Theory of Local Unemployment', Labour Economics: An International Journal, Vol 13, pp. 143-165.
Carcillo, S. and Wasmer, E. (2003). 'Discrimination and Bilateral Human Capital Investments Decisions', Annales d'Economie et Statistiques, special issue on Discrimination, Vol. 71-72, pp 317-345
Wasmer, E. and Zenou, Y. (2002). 'Does City Structure Affect Job Search and Welfare?', Journal of Urban Economics, 51, pp. 515-541.
Wasmer, E. (2001). 'Measuring human capital in the labor market: the supply of experience in 8 OECD countries', European Economic Review P&P, 45, pp. 861-874.
Wasmer, E. (1999). 'Competition for Jobs in a Growing Economy and the Emergence of Dualism in Employment', The Economic Journal, July 1999, Vol. 109, no 457, pp. 349-371