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Curriculum vitae
Harris SELOD
August 2008
CONTACT DETAILS
Paris School of Economics (INRA-LEA)
48 boulevard Jourdan
75014 Paris France
tel: +33 1 43 13 63 65
email: selod[@]ens.fr
web: http://selod.ensae.net
RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2002-present
2000-present
2007-2008
2003-2008
2003-2007
2001-2002
1997-1999
Researcher, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE, Paris, France.
Researcher, CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN ECONOMIE ET STATISTIQUE, Malakoff, France.
Visiting scholar, THE WORLD BANK, Washington DC, USA.
Associate professor of Economics, PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, Paris, France.
Associate Professor of Economics, ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, Palaiseau, France.
Researcher, CENTER FOR OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND ECONOMETRICS, Louvain, Belgium.
Researcher, CENTRE D’ETUDES DU DEVELOPPEMENT, Université de Paris 1, Paris, France.
EDUCATION
2001
1999
1996
1995
Ph.D. Economics
B.Sc, M.Sc. Statistics
M.A. Economics
B.B.A, M.B.A.
1990
High School Diploma
UNIVERSITÉ DE PARIS 1 PANTHÉON-SORBONNE.
ECOLE NATIONALE DE LA STATISTIQUE ET DE L’ADMINISTRATION ECONOMIQUE.
UNIVERSITÉ DE PARIS 1 PANTHÉON-SORBONNE.
ECOLE SUPÉRIEURE DE COMMERCE DE PARIS
(Exchange with the University of Toronto, MBA program).
LYCÉE LOUIS-LE-GRAND.
Doctoral Thesis: “City Structure and Urban Ghettos in the United States and South Africa”,
Graduate advisors: Jean-Pierre Laffargue and Yves Zenou, Evaluator: Jacques-François Thisse.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
▪ Research affiliate, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR, London).
▪ Research affiliate, Centre pour la Recherche Economique et ses Applications (CEPREMAP, Paris).
▪ Member of: American Economic Association (AEA), European Economic Association (EEA), Regional
Science Association International (RSAI).
HONORS, AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS
▪ 2006-2008: Research grant, French national research agency, project on “Territorial discrimination”.
▪ 2003-2005: Research grant, French ministry of research, project on “Job accessibility”.
▪ 2001-2002: Marie-Curie fellowship from the European Commission, project on “Urban poverty traps”.
▪ 2001: Special mention of the Jacques Tymen Ph.D. dissertation award.
▪ 2000: Scholarship from the French ministry of finance.
▪ 1996-1999: Scholarship from the French ministry of research.
▪ 1987: Prize of the Mayor of Paris (prize awarded to top ranking students in the Paris academy).
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PUBLICATIONS
Publications in refereed journals
1. “A Theory of Urban Squatting and Land-Tenure Formalization in Developing Countries”, with Jan
Brueckner, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, forthcoming.
2. “Residential Segregation and Unemployment: the Case of Brussels”, with Claire Dujardin and Isabelle
Thomas, Urban Studies, 45, 1, January 2008, 89-113.
3. “Les déterminants locaux du chômage en région parisienne” (in French), with Laurent Gobillon, Economie
et Prévision, 180-181 4/5, 2007, 19-38.
4. “The Mechanisms of Spatial Mismatch”, with Laurent Gobillon and Yves Zenou, Urban Studies, 44, 12,
November 2007, 2401-27.
5. “City Structure, Labour Discrimination and Job Search. Theory and Policy Implications”, with Yves
Zenou, Economic Journal, 116, October 2006, 1057-1087.
6. “The Political Economy of Urban Transport-System Choice”, with Jan Brueckner, Journal of Public
Economics, 90, August 2006, 983-1005.
7. “Une évaluation de la recherche française en économie du développement” (in French), with Christian
Morrisson, Revue d’Economie Politique, January-February 2005, 1-16.
8. “Le chômage dans l'agglomération bruxelloise: une explication par la structure urbaine” (in French),
with Claire Dujardin and Isabelle Thomas, Revue d’Economie Régionale et Urbaine, February 2004, 328.
9. “Private versus Public Schools in post-Apartheid South African Cities. Theory and Policy Implications”,
with Yves Zenou, Journal of Development Economics, 71, August 2003, 351-394.
10. “Location and Education in South African Cities under and after Apartheid”, with Yves Zenou, Journal
of Urban Economics, 49, January 2001, 168-198.
11. “Social Interactions, Ethnic Minorities, and Urban Unemployment”, with Yves Zenou, Annales
d’Economie et de Statistique, 63-64, July - December 2001, 183-214.
Papers under revision for publication in refereed journals
12. “The Effect of Location on Finding a Job in the Paris region”, with Laurent Gobillon and Thierry
Magnac, under revision for the Journal of Applied Econometrics.
13. “Les déterminants locaux du chômage en France : le rôle de la faible densité d’emploi en zone rurale”
(in French), with Madior Fall and Mohamed Hilal, under revision for Review of Agricultural and
Environmental Studies / Cahiers d’Economie et Sociologie Rurales.
Working papers
14. “Rural-Urban Migration in Developing Countries: A Survey of Theoretical Predictions and Empirical
Findings”, with Somik Lall and Zmarak Shalizi, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3915,
May 2006.
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15. “The Formalization of Urban Land Tenure in Developing Countries”, with Alain Durand-Lasserve,
commissioned paper presented at the World Bank’s Urban Research Symposium 2007, May 14-16,
Washington DC (keynote lecture).
Publications in non-refereed journals
16. “La mixité sociale: le point de vue des sciences économiques”, Informations Sociales, 125, July 2005,
28-35.
17. “Ségrégation sociale et périurbanisation”, with Jean Cavailhès, INRA Sciences Sociales, 1-2/03,
November, 4 pages.
Book chapters
18. “Croissance périurbaine, ségrégation résidentielle et accès aux services publics”, with Xavier Amet,
Sylvie Charlot, Gaelle Contesti, Mohamed Hilal, Virginie Piguet, Bertrand Schmitt and Michael
Visalli, in La Ville pour Tous : un Enjeu pour les Services Publics, Partice Aubertel and François
Ménard, eds., La Documentation Française, Paris, 2008, chapter 1, 37-49, forthcoming.
19. “Urban Unemployment in the Cape Metropolitan Area”, with Sandrine Rospabé, in Poverty and Policy
in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Haroon Bhorat and Ravi Kanbur, eds., Human Science Research
Council: Pretoria, July 2006, chapter 7, 262-287.
20. “La mixité économique et sociale” in Villes et Economie, Maurel, Perrot, Prager, Puig, Thisse, eds., La
Documentation Française, Paris, 2004, chapter 5, 129-156.
21. “Les déterminants spatiaux du chômage en Ile-de-France”, with Laurent Gobillon, in Ségrégation
Urbaine et Intégration Sociale, Fitoussi, Laurent and Maurice, eds., CAE report N°45 (French council
of economic advisors to the Prime Minister), La Documentation Française, Paris, February 2004,
171-187.
WORK IN PROGRESS
22. “Addressing Inefficient Urban Land Use in Developing Countries”, with Somik Lall and Madhu
Raghunath.
23. “Water Provision in Informal Settlements”, with Laurent Simula.
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24. “Housing Subsidies in the City”, with Florence Goffette-Nagot.
25. “Spatial Disparities in Exit from Unemployment: Low-Skilled Workers and Foreigners in the Paris
Region”, with Laurent Gobillon and Thierry Magnac.
26. “The Spatial Dynamics of Unemployment and non-Participation in the Paris region”, with Madior Fall,
Laurent Gobillon and Thierry Magnac.
27. “Do Unemployed Workers benefit from Enterprise Zones? Evidence from France”, with Laurent
Gobillon and Thierry Magnac.
28. “Addressing Location Endogeneity with a Sensitivity Analysis: the Impact of Residential Segregation
on Unemployment, with Laurent Gobillon.
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29. “Education and Location”, with Amine Ouazad.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Editorial work
▪ Referee for: L’Actualité Economique, Annales d’Economie et de Statistiques, Cahiers d’Economie et de
Sociologie Rurales, Economie et Statistique, Economie et Prévision, the Journal of Economic Geography,
the Journal of Economic Theory, the Journal of Labor Economics, the Journal of Public Economics, the
Journal of Urban Economics, Labour Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, la Revue
d’Economie Politique, la Revue Economique, and Urban Studies.
Teaching experience
▪ Paris School of Economics, microeconomic theory (post-graduate, 2003-2007).
▪ Ecole Polytechnique, microeconomics & macroeconomics (undergraduate, 2003-2007).
▪ Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Economique, microeconomics (undergraduate,
2000-2004).
Research coordination
▪ Scientific coordinator of a project on “Territorial discrimination” (supported by the French National
Research Agency, 2006-2008).
▪ Scientific coordinator of a project on “Job accessibility” (supported by the French Ministry of Research,
2003-2005).
▪ Co-organizer of an international workshop on “Residential Sprawl and Segregation” (Institut National de
la Recherche Agronomique, 2007).
▪ Co-organizer of the seminar “labor economics and inequality” (Paris School of Economics, 2003-2004).
▪ Coordination of field surveys (Cape Town City council, 1998 and 1999; University of Mauritius, 1996).
▪ Participation to master and Ph.D. dissertation committees (Ecole Polytechnique, Ecole des Ponts et
Chaussées, and Ecole d’Economie de Paris, 2003-2007).
▪ Evaluation of research proposals (Ile-de-France Region, 2006-2007).
Consultancies
▪ The World Bank (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008).
▪ Plan Urbanisme Construction et Architecture (French Ministry of Infrastructure, 2007).
▪ Caisse Nationale des Allocations Familiales (2005).
▪ Conseil d’Analyse Economique (French council of economic advisors to the Prime Minister, 2002).
▪ Institut des villes (2002).
Visits abroad
▪ The World Bank (2004, 2006, 2007-2008).
▪ Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU), University of Cape Town, South Africa (2002).
▪ Cape Town City Council, South Africa (1998 and 1999).
▪ University of Mauritius (1996).
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Conference presentations
▪ World Bank’s 4th Urban Research Symposium (keynote speaker), Washington DC, USA, 2007.
▪ 53th North-American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Toronto, Canada, 2006.
▪ CEPR conference on Agglomeration Economies and Regional Growth, Cagliari, Italy, 2005.
▪ World Bank’s 2nd Urban Research Symposium, Washington DC, USA, 2003.
▪ 18th annual congress of the European Economic Association, Stockholm, Sweden, 2003.
▪ CEPR conference on the Economics of Cities, London, UK, 2003.
▪ World Bank’s Inaugural Urban Research Symposium, Washington DC, USA, 2002.
▪ 17th annual congress of the European Economic Association, Venice, Italy, 2002.
▪ DPRU conference on Labour Markets and Poverty in South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2002.
▪ 7th Spring Meeting of Young Economists, Paris, France, 2002.
▪ 48th North-American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Charleston, USA, 2001.
▪ 47th North-American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Chicago, USA, 2000.
▪ 46th North-American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Montreal, Canada, 1999.
Seminar presentations
Numerous presentations at The World Bank, French council of economic advisors, French ministry of
finance, French ministry of research, the University of Cape Town, Université Libre de Bruxelles,
Université Catholique de Louvain, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Centre de Recherche en
Economie et Statistique, Université de Paris 1, Université de Paris 2, and many other institutions.
Round-tables
▪ French Senate, round-table on school segregation (invited speaker, 2006).
LANGUAGES, COMPUTER LITERACY AND OTHER INFORMATION
▪ French (mother tongue), spoken: excellent / read: excellent / written: excellent.
▪ English (fluent), spoken: excellent / read: excellent / written: excellent.
▪ Spanish (good): spoken: fair / read: good / written: good.
▪ Classical Arabic: basic knowledge.
▪ Use of Geographic Information Systems (ArcGIS) and standard econometrics software (SAS and Stata).
▪ Judo black belt (obtained in 1988).
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