Hippolyte d'Albis

Hippolyte d’Albis (born 24 November 1973 in London, United Kingdom) is a French economist specializing in demographic issues. He is Chief Economist at the General Inspectorate of Finance and Professor at ESSEC Business School.

Biography

Early life and education Hippolyte d’Albis obtained a magistère in finance from Paris-Panthéon-Assas University in 1996, a master's degree in mathematical economics from École Centrale Paris and Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University in 1997, and a PhD in Economics from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University in 2003. In 2006, he passed the highly competitive French national examination for full professorship in economics (Agrégation de l'enseignement supérieur).

Professional career He was appointed associate professor of economics at Toulouse 1 Capitole University in 2004, professor at Paul Valéry University Montpellier 3 in 2006, professor at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University in 2011, and research director at the CNRS in 2015.

In addition, in 2014 he became director of the Panthéon-Sorbonne doctoral school in economics. Between 2015 and 2017, he served as deputy scientific director at the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences of the CNRS, and from 2018 to 2022 he was director of the École des Hautes Études en Démographie (HED) .

Hippolyte d’Albis is associate editor of three peer-reviewed academic journals: the Journal of Demographic Economics , the Journal of the Economics of Ageing , and Public Finance Review . He is also vice-president of the Cercle des économistes and a columnist for the French daily newspaper Les Échos.

Honors and awards

2009: Appointed junior member of the Institut universitaire de France . 2009: Philippe Michel Prize for young researchers in economic dynamics, Paris School of Economics . 2011: Recipient of a European Research Council ERC Starting Grant. 2012: Best Young Economist of France, awarded by the Cercle des économistes and Le Monde. 2015: Laureate of the Fondation pour les sciences sociales . 2019: France-Berkeley Fund Award . 2023: Grand Prix de la Protection Sociale , awarded by the Caisse des dépôts et consignations and the École nationale supérieure de sécurité sociale (EN3S).

Academic publications

Academic works Immigration D'Albis has worked on the macro-economic impacts of immigration in France. With Boubtane and Coulibaly, he produced evidence that suggests that non-European migration has a positive impact on economic growth. Most notably, he showed the positive impact of family migration and migration of women. He is also working on the measurement of migration flows.

Intergenerational transfers D'Albis is the director of the French team of the National Transfer Accounts, an international project that decomposes by age the variables of the National Accounts. This project permits comparisons across generations. D'Albis has provided evidence suggesting that the standards of living of recent French generations has not fallen compared to previous generations.