Alice Mesnard
Institute for Fiscal Studies 7 Ridgmount Street London WC1E 7AE, UK phone: +44(0)20 7291 4866 fax: +44(0)870 133 4437 email: alice_m@ifs.org.uk

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D.  in Economics DELTA (EHESS, Paris), 1999 in the "European Doctoral Program in Quantitative Economics"

M.Phil. London School of Economics

D.E.A. in «Analysis and Economic Policy Measures» (E.H.E.S.S.)

Graduated from ENSAE, the National School of Statistics and Economics (Malakoff)

Research Interests

Development Economics
Migration
Policy Evaluation
Applied Microeconomics

Regular Positions

Senior Economist, IFS (October 2004 -- present)
Research Economist, IFS (April 2004 -- September 2004)
Researcher, UCL/IFS (TMR grant) (October 2003 -- March 2004)
Assistant Professor, University of Toulouse I (September 1999 -- October 2003)
Lecturer, University of Paris 2 (September 1997-September 1999)

Affiliations (without specific order)

• IFS/EDEPO
• CEPR
• EUDN
• TSE

Publications

« Escaping infectious diseases through migration ? Quarantine measures under asymmetric information about infection risk », with P.Seabright,  Journal of Public Economics, 93, 931-938, 2009.

«Child education and work choices in the presence of a conditional cash transfer programme in rural Colombia» with O. Attanasio, E.Fitzsimons,
A.Gomez, M.I Guterrez and C.Meghir, forthcoming in Economic Development and Cultural Change, S58:2, 181-210, 2010.

« The wealth effect on new business startups in a developing economy» with M. Ravallion, Economica, Vol.73, Issue 291, 2006.

«The impact of a conditional cash transfer programme on consumption in Colombia» with O. Attanasio, Fiscal Studies, vol 27, No 4, 2006.

«Ethnic differences in birth outcomes in England» with L. Dearden and J. Shaw, Fiscal Studies, March 2006.

« Temporary migration and Self-Employment: Evidence from Tunisia» Brussels Economic Review, vol 47(1), March 2004

« Temporary migration and capital market imperfections», Oxford Economic Papers 56 (2004), pp.242-262.

« Civil war and the social contract», with J.P.Azam, Public Choice, vol.115(3), June 2003.

« Inheritance, land and capital mobility linked to labour migration», with D.Gaumont, Journal of Population Economics, vol(14) 2001.

« Intergenerational mobility and temporary migration», Louvain Economic Review, vol 67(1) 2001.

« Altruism and international labour migration», with D.Gaumont, Journal of Population Economics, vol (13) 2000.

Working Papers (unpublished)

« Food and Cash Transfers: Evidence from Colombia » with O Attanasio, UCL and E.Battistin, University of Padova, CEPR Discussion Paper DP7326

« Migration and The Equilibrium Prevalence of Infectious Diseases », with P.Seabright CEPR Discussion Paper DP6651, 2008.

 «Are boys and girls affected differently when the household head leaves for good? Evidence from school and work choices in Colombia» with E. Fitzsimons, CEPR Discussion Paper DP7040.

«Ethnic parity in labour market outcomes for benefit claimants» with C.Crawford, L. Dearden, J.Shaw, and B.Sianesi, CEPR Discussion Paper DP7042.

«Migration, violence and welfare: an empirical analysis from rural Colombia »  Institute for Fiscal studies Working Paper. .

«Effectiveness of Conditional Cash transfer Programs and School Supply» with E.Fitzsimons, Institute for Fiscal Studies.

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