DAMIEN ÉCHEVIN, Ph.D. E-mail: damien.echevin@usherbrooke.ca French version | Pdf version of CV Occupations | Education | Recent works | Works in progress | Other publications Academic research grants | Other activities | Refereeing | Teaching Fields of expertise/interest: poverty and income distribution, labor, health and development economics. Occupation or position held
2009- 2006-2009 2005-2006 2002-2004 2001 2000-2001 1998-1999 1996 1995-1999	Adjunct Professor, faculty of medicine and health sciences, Sherbrooke University, Canada Assistant Professor, faculty of administration, Sherbrooke University, Canada Economist, The World Bank (PREM-Africa region), Washington DC and Dakar-Senegal Economist, Forecasting Directorate (Fiscal studies), Ministry of Finance, Paris-France Postdoctoral research fellow, CREFA, Laval University, Québec-Canada Research fellow, INRA, Laboratoire de Recherche sur la Consommation, Ivry/Seine-France Statistics expert: OECD (IEA), Paris-France; ORS, Paris-France Military service. Defence Ministry, Financial Directorate, Paris-France Research assistant (CEPREMAP, OFCE, CERC, INSEE), Paris-France
Education February 2001 1997 1995 1995	Ph.D. in economics, passed with highest honors, University of Paris 1 (Sorbonne) M.Phil. in economics (Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies), University of Paris 1 (Sorbonne) MSc. in statistics (ENSAI), National College of Statistics and Information Analysis Maîtrise in economics, University of Paris 9 (Dauphine)
Recent works Poverty and vulnerability in Haiti. Social safety nets in Haiti. (with A. Borgarello and F. Lamanna) Employment and education discriminations against disabled persons in Cape Verde. Labor income and employment in a transition economy: Mauritius 2001-2008. (with F. Bastos) Ricardian or spender consumers? Evidence from a taxpayer survey questionnaire. Health and income: A robust comparison of Canada and the US. (with J-Y. Duclos) Taxation and marriage: Evidence from a natural experiment in France. (with S. Buffeteau) Social polarization vs. income polarization. Works in progress Physician payment schemes and hospital length of stay: A theoretical and empirical analysis. (with B. Fortin) The effect of daily medical care costs on length of hospital stay: Empirical evidence from patient-level data. (with M-A. Morin and J. Royer) Performance pay in a mixed compensation system. (with J. Setrakian and B. Shearer) Designing policy responses to shocks in rural Haiti: Learning from a multilevel analysis of the Haitian food security and vulnerability survey. Identification of the productivity gap between formal and informal sectors in three West African countries. Health and income redistribution in Canada. Other publications What determines productivity in Senegal? Sectoral disparities and the dual labor market, Journal of Development Studies, 2009, 45 (10), 1707-1730. (with F. Murtin) Energy subsidies, electricity and water tariffs and the poor in Cape Verde, in Q. Wodon (ed.), Electricity tariffs and the poor: Case studies for sub-saharan Africa, 2007, Working Paper, The World Bank. (with D. Angel-Urdinola, M. Francisco, P. Meier and Q. Wodon) Migration, remittances, and poverty in Senegal, in Q. Wodon (ed.), Migration, remittances, and poverty: Case studies from West Africa, 2006, Working Paper, The World Bank. (with C. Tsimpo et Q. Wodon). Bi-polarization comparisons, Economics Letters, 2005, 78, 153-159. (with J-Y. Duclos) The individualization of income tax in France: A micro-simulation approach, 2004, Working Paper, OECD CTPA/CFA/WP2(2004)32. L’individualisation de l’impôt sur le revenu : équitable ou pas ?, Économie et Prévision, 2003, 160-161 (4-5), 149-165. Fiscalité et mariage, Économie Publique/Public Economics, 2003, 13 (2), 125-150. (with S. Buffeteau) La prime pour l’emploi, in L’Économie française, Édition 2002-2003, 2002, 205-218, INSEE. (with J-M. Aubert and E. Lefebvre) Les indicateurs de polarisation et leur application à la France, Économie et Prévision, 2002, 155 (4), 13-30. (with A. Parent) La polarisation des revenus salariaux en France, in Mesurer les inégalités, MiRe-DREES, 1999, vol. 2, 137-146. (with A. Parent) Consommation et chômage : une étude empirique sur données micro-économiques américaines, Économie et Statistique, 1999, 324-325, 75-101. Nouvelles approches des comportements d’épargne et de consommation, Économie et Statistique, 1999, 324-325, 9-18, reprinted in Problèmes Économiques 2634, 1-6. Perspectives à moyen terme des finances sociales de la France, Revue de l’OFCE, 1996, 56, 7-43. (with G. Cornilleau and X. Timbeau) Academic research grants
FQRSC CIHR/Infoway SSHRCC Sherbrooke Univ. Laval Univ. INRA	New researcher grant ($39,600), 2009-2012 Health research grant ($200,000), 2008-2010 (co-principal applicant) Institutional research grant, 2008-2009 Faculty research grant, 2006-2008 Post-doc research grant, 2001 Phd research grant, 2000-2001
Other activities Consultancy work for the World Bank and the African Development Bank in countries such as Senegal, Cape Verde, Burkina-Faso, Guinea, Haiti, Mauritius. Recent economic expertises: Haiti Assessment of Social Safety Nets (2009) (The World Bank) Risks and vulnerability assessment Mauritius Country Economic Memorandum (2009) (The African Development Bank & the World Bank joint project) Labor income and employment in a transition economy Senegal Country Economic Memorandum (2007) (The World Bank) Labor market issues Refereeing National Tax Journal, Journal of Economic Inequality, Applied Economics, Eastern Economic Journal, Économie et Statistique, Actualité Économique. Teaching Costs-Benefits Analysis (undergraduates) Economics of Public Sector (graduates) Microeconomics (undergraduates)