Paris School of Economics

Paris School of Economics
École d'économie de Paris
Motto La science économique au service de la société
Motto in English
Economics serving society
Type Public
Established

2006 as an independent institution

1988 under a different name/institution
Chancellor Jean-Pierre Danthine
Dean Pierre-Yves Geoffard
Academic staff
120
Postgraduates 620
Location Paris, France
Campus Urban
Website parisschoolofeconomics.eu

The Paris School of Economics (PSE; French: École d'économie de Paris) is a French research institute in the field of economics. It proposes M.Phil., M.Sc., and Ph.D level programmes in various fields of theoretical and applied economics, including macroeconomics, econometrics, and international economics. The school is intended to participate in both the elaboration of sophisticated tools of economic analysis, and their application to policy at both the public and private level.[1]

PSE is a brainchild of the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (where the students are enrolled primarily), the École Normale Supérieure and the École Polytechnique, and it is physically located on the ENS campus of Jourdan in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. It was founded in 2006 as a coalition of universities and grandes écoles to unify high-level research in economics across French academia, and was first presided by economist Thomas Piketty. Since its foundation it has gained a certain amount of academic weight, and according to a ranking released by project RePEc in January 2016, it was ranked as the seventh-best university-level economics department in the world.[2]

Status

Created in December 2006, the Paris School of Economics has the status of fondation reconnue d’utilité publique (a Public interest foundation). This status allows PSE to draw on both public and private funding.

PSE is one of the "Fondation de Coopération Scientifiques" (Scientific Research Foundations) a new type of foundation created by the Government to develop centres of excellence in France. Scientific Research Foundations operate according to the same rules as Public interest foundations.

PSE executive direction, formed by the director, the general secretary, the scientific director and the teaching director, relies on two bodies:

History

The creation of the Paris School of Economics is the final chapter of the long gradual process of bringing together and finally merging a number of different research units in Economics. This process started at the end of the 1980s.[4]

France's Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin (L), Finance Minister Thierry Breton (2nd L), Education Minister Gilles de Robien (2nd R) and Thomas Piketty, director of the Paris School of Economics (PSE), attend the inauguration of the school in Paris, February 22, 2007.

Research centres

A number of general research centres have been merged into the Paris School of Economics while still retaining some of their own specific research and academic activities. Scientists are attached to the different research centres which make up the Paris School of Economics:

Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques

Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PjSE)[5] is a general research centre in Economics. PSE researchers carry out theoretical and applied work in most of the domains of contemporary Economics. They are also involved in teaching at the Master and PhD levels, and in the application of research results jointly with firms and public administrations, both national and international. PjSE is a joint research unit governed by a number of research and teaching institutions: the CNRS, the EHESS, the ENPC, the ENS and the INRA. This research centre consists of 53 research and teaching staff, 20 associated staff, 60 PhD students, and 10 administrative and support staff.

Centre d’Economie de la Sorbonne

The Centre d’Economie de la Sorbonne (CES)[6] is a general research centre of the CNRS and the University of Paris 1, founding partners of the Paris School of Economics. The CES consists of around 150 research and teaching staff in Economics, Mathematics and Sociology working on a wide variety of research questions. The CES also runs a number of different national and international PhD programmes and maintains a substantial research library. As such, the CES and the foundation share a certain number of academic, pedagogic and material resources, notably in the context of the ETE graduate programme.

Centre Maurice Halbwachs

Research center (UMR) n°8097 CNRS - EHESS - ENS, the Centre Maurice Halbwachs (CMH)[7] gathers 43 members (researchers and “ITA” of the CNRS, EHESS, ENS and Caen University), 45 associated members (teachers from different Universities, researchers from other institutions, post-doctorants) and hosts 120 PhD Students. Following the previous Lasmas, the CMH is working on a large of fields: education, employment, inequalities and social gaps, life style, personal and professional networks, opinions and values... notably by using large surveys.

Degree programs

The foundation offers high-quality teaching through three Master programmes (APE, ETE and PPD) and a PhD programme (within EDE-EPS).

Master's program

Master APE: Analysis and Policy in Economics

The graduate program Analysis and Policy in Economics (APE)[8] offers high-level, research-oriented courses in theoretical and applied economics. The APE programme is well-established as one of the leading graduate programmes in economics in Europe and is jointly organized by a number of top French academic institutions: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), École Normale Supérieure (ENS), École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Admiministration Économique (ENSAE), and École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC).

Master ETE: Empirical and Theoretical Economics

The ETE graduate program "Theory and Empirical Methods in Economics" of University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne in the Paris School of Economics selects around 60 students to offer them a top level teaching for research through research activities in microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics and international economics.[9] Beginning in fall 2016, the ETE program will be merged with the APE program.

Master PPD: Public Policy and Development

This program aims to prepare students to become experts in designing, analysing and evaluating public policies in both developed and developing countries. It combines rigorous training in analytical and quantitative economic methods with an emphasis on both policy and practice. It is jointly organized by a number of top French academic institutions: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), École Normale Supérieure (ENS), and École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC).

PhD program

The doctoral programme lasts in average 3 years during which students write their thesis within one of PSE laboratories. This programme is organized within the École Doctorale d’Économie (ED465) that gathers research teams in Economics and related fields (applied mathematics, statistics, sociology) of the University Paris 1, EHESS, ENS and ENPC. During their PhD, students have access to the exchange programs of the Paris School of Economics to expand their work.[10]

PSE in international rankings

Its contributory economics faculties, including the Ecole Normale Superieure, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, the Ecole Polytechnique and ENSAE, are ranked between the top 13 among 53 departments worldwide by publication output of the top five scholars.[11] According to the global economics departments ranking released in January 2014 by RePEc, Paris School of Economics was ranked at 7 worldwide.[12]

International partnerships

NYU Provost David McLaughlin (middle); Ron Robin, NYUAD Senior Vice Provost, Francois Bourguignon, Paris School of Economics director

The Paris School of Economics has exchange students programs with some universities such as New York University[13] or Berkeley University.[14] It is also member of many exchange networks :

Alumni

Advisory council

See also

School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences

École Normale Supérieure

École des ponts ParisTech

Pantheon-Sorbonne University

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

Labex Refi

References

Coordinates: 48°49′20.8″N 2°19′52.4″E / 48.822444°N 2.331222°E / 48.822444; 2.331222

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