Thomas Le Barbanchon
Full Professor
Biography
Thomas Le Barbanchon is a Full Professor of Economics at Università Bocconi. Previously he worked as an economist at the French Statistical Institute and at the Ministry of Labor. His research is in labor economics, with a focus on job search and matching, gender studies, discrimination and social insurance. He is the author of numerous articles on his topics of interest. His works have been published in the Journal of the European Economic Association, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, and Journal of Public Economics, among others. Between 2021 and 2024 he is Elected board member of The Review of Economic Studies and Associate Editor of The Journal of the European Economic Association. He got a PhD in Economics from Ecole Polytechnique in 2012, a M.Sc. in Economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra. He was Visiting Associate Professor (IRS) at Princeton University and at Harvard University.
Recent Publications
- 2025
Taxes Today, Benefits Tomorrow
LE BARBANCHON, T., "Taxes Today, Benefits Tomorrow", American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2025, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 155-183 - 2024
Job search, unemployment insurance, and active labor market policies
LE BARBANCHON, T., J. SCHMIEDER, A. WEBER, "Job search, unemployment insurance, and active labor market policies" in Handbook of Labor Economics - Vol.5., Christian Dustmann, Thomas Lemieux (Eds.), Elsevier, chap. 6, pp. 435-580, 2024 - 2023
The Effects of Working While in School: Evidence from Employment Lotteries
LE BARBANCHON, T., D. UBFAL, F. ARAYA, "The Effects of Working While in School: Evidence from Employment Lotteries", American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2023, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 383-410 - 2022
Electoral Competition, Voter Bias, and Women in Politics
LE BARBANCHON, T., J. SAUVAGNAT, "Electoral Competition, Voter Bias, and Women in Politics", Journal of the European Economic Association, 2022, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 352-394 - 2021
Job search during the COVID-19 crisis
HENSVIK, L., T. LE BARBANCHON, R. RATHELOT, "Job search during the COVID-19 crisis", Journal of Public Economics, 2021, vol. 194, pp. 104349 - 2020
Gender Differences in Job Search: Trading off Commute against Wage
LE BARBANCHON, T., R. RATHELOT, A. ROULET, "Gender Differences in Job Search: Trading off Commute against Wage", Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2020, vol. 136, no. 1, pp. 381-426
Grants & Honors
Bocconi Impact Award for the research "The Effectiveness of Hiring Credits" with Pierre Cahuc and Stéphane Carcillo, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2022
