Cecilia Garcia-Penalosa
Cecilia García-Peñalosa is a Spanish economist and professor of economics at the Aix-Marseille University.[1] She is also associated to the Institute for Fiscal Studies,[2] has an affiliation with the Bank of France.,[3] and is visiting professor at the Department of Social Policy of the London School of Economics.[4] She was an associate editor of the European Economic Review and is currently an associate editor at the Journal of Economic Inequality.[5] and the Journal of Economic Growth.[6]
She holds the chair on "Gender, growth and development" at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) in France.[7] From 2012 to 2016, she was a member of the Council of Economics Advisors who advises the Prime Minister of France.,[8][9] and in 2025 she became the president of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality.[10]
In 2009, she won the Aldi Hagenaars Memorial Award[11] and in 2025 she was awarded the silver medal by the French National Centre for Scientific Research.[12]
Education and career
She obtained her D.Phil from Nuffield College, Oxford after a master's degree at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. She holds a bachelor in Economics from the University of Cambridge, where she was at New Hall College.[13] She has held visiting positions at the Free University of Amsterdam, European University Institute in Florence, University of Washington, University of Geneva and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
Research
Her research focuses on economic growth, income inequality and gender inequality.[14] She has published papers in the Journal of Economic Literature,[15] the Journal of Development Economics,[16] the Journal of Public Economics,[17] the Journal of Economic Growth,[18] and the Economic Journal.[19]
Her research has been quoted in Le Figaro,[20][21][22] The Economist,[23] Le Monde,[24][25][26][27] France Soir,[28] Les Echos,[29] TV5 Monde,[9] France Culture,[30] Le Monde Diplomatique,[31] Le Point,[32][33] La Tribune,[34][35][36][37] and the Huffington Post.[38]
She is an expert on the relationship between income inequality and economic growth, and in 1999 published a paper in the Journal of Economic Literature summarizing the main literature on the topic.[39]
Selected bibliography
- Aghion, Philippe; Caroli, Eve; Garcia-Penalosa, Cecilia (1999). "Inequality and Economic Growth: The Perspective of the New Growth Theories". Journal of Economic Literature. 37 (4): 1615–1660.
- Eicher, Theo S.; Garcı́a-Peñalosa, Cecilia (2001-10-01). "Inequality and growth: the dual role of human capital in development". Journal of Development Economics. 66 (1): 173–197.
- Breen, R., & García Peñalosa, C. (2002). Bayesian learning and gender segregation. Journal of Labor Economics, 20(4), 899-922.
- García-Peñalosa, Cecilia; Turnovsky, Stephen J. (2005-06-01). "Second-best optimal taxation of capital and labor in a developing economy". Journal of Public Economics. 89 (5): 1045–1074.
- Eicher, T., García-Peñalosa, C., & Van Ypersele, T. (2009). Education, corruption, and the distribution of income. Journal of Economic Growth, 14(3), 205-231.
- Checchi, D., & García‐Peñalosa, C. (2010). Labour market institutions and the personal distribution of income in the OECD. Economica, 77(307), 413-450.
- Bosquet, C., Combes, P. P., & García‐Peñalosa, C. (2019). Gender and promotions: Evidence from academic economists in France. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 121(3), 1020-1053.
- Brunt, Liam, & Cecilia García-Peñalosa (2022). "Urbanisation and the onset of modern economic growth." The Economic Journal 132.642: 512-545.
References
- ^ "Cecilia PENALOSA SITUATION ACTUELLE". perso.amse-aixmarseille.fr. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Cecilia Garcia-Penalosa -". www.ifs.org.uk. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Cecilia Garcia-Penalosa | IDEAS/RePEc". ideas.repec.org. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Cecilia Garcia-Penalosa | LSE". www.lse.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
- ^ "The Journal of Economic Inequality". Springer. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ "The Journal of Economic Growth". Springer. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
- ^ Sociales, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences (27 November 2017). "Cecilia Garcia-Peñalosa". EHESS. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "CAE, Ancien membres". www.cae-eco.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Agir aujourd'hui, pour éviter une expatriation massive des " talents " français". TV5MONDE (in French). 17 May 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "ECINEQ". ECINEQ. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
- ^ "Aldi Hagenaars Memorial Award".
- ^ "CNRS". CNRS. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
- ^ "CV C Garcia Penalosa" (PDF). perso.amse-aixmarseille.fr. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "Economist Rankings | IDEAS/RePEc". ideas.repec.org. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ Aghion, Philippe; Caroli, Eve; Garcia-Penalosa, Cecilia (1999). "Inequality and Economic Growth: The Perspective of the New Growth Theories". Journal of Economic Literature. 37 (4): 1615–1660. doi:10.1257/jel.37.4.1615. ISSN 0022-0515.
- ^ Eicher, Theo S.; Garcı́a-Peñalosa, Cecilia (1 October 2001). "Inequality and growth: the dual role of human capital in development". Journal of Development Economics. 66 (1): 173–197. doi:10.1016/S0304-3878(01)00160-2. ISSN 0304-3878.
- ^ García Peñalosa, Cecilia; Turnovsky, Stephen J. (1 June 2005). "Second-best optimal taxation of capital and labor in a developing economy". Journal of Public Economics. 89 (5): 1045–1074. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2004.06.002. ISSN 0047-2727.
- ^ Eicher, Theo; Garcı́a-Peñalosa, Cecilia; van Ypersele, Tanguy (2009). "Education, corruption, and the distribution of income". Journal of Economic Growth.
- ^ Brunt, Liam; Garcı́a-Peñalosa, Cecilia (2022). "Urbanisation and the Onset of Modern Economic Growth". Economic Journal.
- ^ AFP, Le Figaro fr avec (1 October 2014). "La dette à 145% du PIB si pas de croissance?". Le Figaro.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "La croissance pourrait n'être que de 0,9 %". Le Figaro.fr (in French). Reuters. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ AFP, Le Figaro fr avec (7 October 2014). "Vers une suppression du quotient conjugal?". Le Figaro.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "The toll of tariffs". The Economist Historical Archive. 2016. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "Egalité femmes-hommes : " Les mesures en faveur des femmes peuvent se retourner contre elles "". Le Monde (in French). 7 March 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "La France doit se préparer à l'émigration de ses cerveaux". Le Monde (in French). 17 May 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "Le manque d'innovation menace la croissance". Le Monde (in French). 1 September 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "Découvrir le marché du travail par l'international". Le Monde (in French). 1 June 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "Salaires hommes-femmes: les réalités sociales derrière les inégalités". FranceSoir (in French). 8 March 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "La France a du mal à attirer et à garder les talents". Les Echos (in French). 18 May 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "La longue marche du droit des femmes". France Culture (in French). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "Economistes, institutions, pouvoirs". Le Monde diplomatique (in French). 21 November 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ Vignaud, Marc (11 September 2013). "Propriétaires, pourquoi il faut vous faire payer un loyer !". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ Vignaud, Marc (26 April 2013). "Pourquoi vos salaires sont trop élevés". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "Idées pour... restaurer la compétitivité". La Tribune (in French). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "Education, innovation : les vraies "réformes structurelles" pour la France". La Tribune (in French). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "Deux chercheurs marseillais vont éclairer le gouvernement". La Tribune (in French). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "Assurance vie: la riposte au projet Macron divise les assureurs". La Tribune (in French). Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "Peu de femmes dans les postes à responsabilité : discrimination, autocensure ou moindre performance?". Le Huffington Post (in French). 3 November 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ Aghion, Philippe; Caroli, Eve; Garcia-Penalosa, Cecilia (December 1999). "Inequality and Economic Growth: The Perspective of the New Growth Theories". Journal of Economic Literature. 37 (4): 1615–1660. doi:10.1257/jel.37.4.1615. ISSN 0022-0515.