Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2019)
PhD in Economics - Université catholique de Louvain (2013)
MA in Economics - Université catholique de Louvain (2007)
MSc in Business administration - HEC Paris (2006)
English, French, Italian, Spanish
This year, I am teaching:
ECS2003 - Econometrics
ECS3015 - Trade: Theory and Policy
Guest Lecturers: Dr Christian Viegelahn from the International Labor Organization (ILO), Dr Adrian Majumdar and Tristan Lecuyer from RBB Economics
and a PhD class:
Topics in Behavioural and Experimental Economics
In the past, I have taught:
ECS3009 - Development Economics, in collaboration with Dr Ericka Rascon
Guest lecturers: Caterina Giordano, head of investment at Alterfin, and Celine Urbain, project coordinator at Doctors Without Border
ECS4011 - Principles of Behavioural Economics, in collaboration with Dr Joris Gillet and Dr Claudia Cerrone
I am interested in how cultural norms of behavior affect decisions that are relevant for the long-run, such as fertility, investment in education, migration or health related decisions, like breastfeeding.
Working papers:
Bird, Kate and Chabé-Ferret, Bastien and Simons, Alexandre (2022) Linking human capabilities with livelihood strategies to speed poverty reduction: evidence from Rwanda. World Development , 151 . pp. 1-21. ISSN 0305-750X
Battaglia, Marianna and Chabé-Ferret, Bastien and Lebedinski, Lara (2021) Segregation, fertility, and son preference: the case of the Roma in Serbia. Journal of Demographic Economics , 87 (2). pp. 233-260. ISSN 2054-0892
Chabé-Ferret, Bastien (2019) Adherence to cultural norms and economic incentives: evidence from fertility timing decisions. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization , 162 . pp. 24-48. ISSN 0167-2681
Chabé-Ferret, Bastien and Machado, Joël and Wahba, Jackline (2018) Remigration intentions and migrants' behavior. Regional Science and Urban Economics , 68 . pp. 56-72. ISSN 0166-0462
Chabé-Ferret, Bastien and Melindi Ghidi, Paolo (2013) Differences in fertility behavior and uncertainty: an economic theory of the minority status hypothesis. Journal of Population Economics , 26 (3). pp. 887-905. ISSN 0933-1433
Transition to Parenthood in UK SMEs: PI Bianca Stumbitz, co-Is: Tim Freeman, Ericka Rascon, Clarice Santos, Helen Norman, Emma Bannister. Funded by the ESRC.
FAREWELL: Impact of Covid episode on children well-being in Luxembourg, in collaboration with Eugenio Peluso and Audrey Bousselin (LISER), funded by FNR (Luxembourg)