Sandra CAVACO
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Contact Laboratoire d’Economie Moderne (LEM) Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris 2) 92, rue d’Assas 75270 Paris Cedex 06
Phone: + 33 01 55 42 50 26 Fax: + 33 01 55 42 50 24 E-mail: Sandra.Cavaco@u-paris2.fr
Current position Assistant professor, Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas |
Education
Ph. D. in Economics, GATE, University of Lyon II, Summa Cum Laude, 2003.
Dissertation title: “Individual Transitions of Displaced Workers: Econometric Evaluation of an Active Labor Market Program” co-supervised by m.c. Villeval (cnrs-Research Director, GATE) and. j.y. Lesueur (Professor, University of Lyon II).
Jury: Denis Fougère (CNRS, CREST, Paris), David Margolis (CNRS, TEAM, Paris), Pierre Morin (Administrator INSEE, Paris) and Claude Montmarquette (University of Montreal).
M.A (Post graduate) in Applied Microeconomics, University of Lyon II, Magna Cum Laude, 1998.
Dissertation title: “Job and Workers Flows and Employment Protection: A Microeconomic Analysis”, Advisor: m.c. Villeval (cnrs-Research Director, GATE).
Grants
Doctoral Fellowship awarded for 3 years in 1998 by the Ministry of Research for my Ph.D.
EURODOC grant from the region Rhones-Alpes (France) providing a financial support for 6 months as
a Visiting Fellow at the CIRANO (University of Montréal), Canada.
AIRES CULTURELLES grant from the Ministry of Research designed to help young researchers’mobility.
Academic experience
Assistant Professor (September 2005 – current): University Panthéon-Assas (Paris 2), Laboratoire d’Economie Moderne (LEM).
Research Associate, Center for Corporate Performance (CCP) (2005 – current): Department of Economics, Aarhus School of Business, Denmark.
Member of the recruitment comity (2007-2008): Department of Economics, University Panthéon-Assas (Paris 2).
Post-doctoral Researcher (August 2004 – August 2005): Department of Economics, Center for Corporate Performance (CCP), Aarhus School of Business, Denmark.
Member of the Groupe d’Analyse et de Théorie Economique (1998 – 2004): GATE – CNRS UMR 5824 – University Lyon II – ENS.
Research fellow (December 2003 – July 2004), ACOSS (Agence Centrale des Organismes de Sécurité Sociale), Ministry of Social Affairs, Employment and Solidarity, Paris. Research area: Evaluation of Labor Market Programs.
Lecturer (2001 – 2003), GATE, University of Lyon II.
Assistant lecturer (1998 – 2001), GATE, University of Lyon II.
Visiting fellow, (6 months, 1999-2001): CIRANO (University of Montreal) and CIRPEE (University of Laval), Canada.
Research activities
Research interests
Microeconomics, labour economics, active labour market policies, health economics, econometrics (panel data, qualitative variables, duration models, simultaneous equations).
Econometric Softwares: GAUSS, LIMDEP, SAS and STATA.
Publications
“Analyse économique et financière des PME innovantes de défense”, with J. Belin and M. Guille, Ecodef, n°50, 2008.
“Stratégies de recherche, contraintes spatiales et hétérogénéité des transitions vers l’emploi : Estimation économétrique d’un modèle structurel de recherche”, with J.Y. Lesueur and M. Sabatier, L’Actualité Economique, vol.80, n°2-3, juin-septembre, 2004.
“Conventions de conversion et retour à l’emploi”, with D. Fougère and J. Pouget, Economie et Prévision, n°164-165, 2004.
“Contraintes spatiales et durée de chômage ”, with J.Y. Lesueur, Revue Française d’Economie, n°3, vol. 18, 2004.
“Recherche d’emploi, contraintes spatiales et durée de chômage : une analyse microéconométrique”, with K. Bouabdallah and J.Y. Lesueur, Revue d’Economie Politique, n°1, janvier-février, 2002.
Working papers
“Identifying Causal Paths between Health and Socioeconomic Status: Evidence from European Older Workforce Surveys”, with J.M. Etienne and A. Skalli, 2008, submitted.
“Estimating the Effect of a Retraining Program on the Re-employment Rate of Displaced Workers”, with D. Fougère and J. Pouget, CEPR Discussion Paper n°7094, 2008, submitted.
“Innovation et structure financière”, with J. Belin and M. Guille, 2008, submitted.
Work in progress
“CSR and Firms’ Characteristics: an Empirical Analysis”, with P. Crifo.
“The Determinants of Obesity: Evidence from European Older Workforce Surveys”, with T. Eriksson and A. Skalli.
Participation to research contracts
Ministry of Employment – DARES (1998-200): “Displaced Workers Transitions”.
Commissariat Général du Plan : (2000-2002): “Mobility and Transitions on the Labour Markets”.
CNRS – APN (2000-2002): “Spatial Aspects of Transitions on the Labour Market”.
Member of the GDR 2543 ASPE – CNRS: “Local Labour Markets”.
European Project (2003-2006) : Socio-economic and Occupational Effects on the Health Inequality of the Older Workforce (SOCIOLD), Key action 6 : The Ageing Population and Disabilities.
Observatoire Economique de la Défense (2006-2007) : Financial an Economic Analysis of Innovative Small and Medium Firms”.
Referee activity
Revue Française d’Economie, Economie et Statistique, Economie et Prévision and International Journal of Manpower.
Conferences
AEA (Applied Econometrics Association) : “Econometrics of Labour Demand”, 2004, Mons, Belgium.
AFSE – French Economic Association : 2002, Conference on Personnel Economics, Lyon, France ; 2003, Paris, France ; 2004, Paris, France ; 2005, Paris, France.
CAED (International Conference on Comparative Analysis of Entreprise (micro) Data) : 2001, Aarhus, Denmark.
EALE (European Association of Labor Economists) : 2001, Jyväskylä, Finland ; 2004, Lisbon, Portugal ; 2005, EALE/SOLE, San-Francisco, United-States.
ESPE (European Society for Population Economics) : 2005, Paris, France.
ESEM (European Meeting of the Econometric Society) : 2003, Stockholm, Sweden ; 2004, Madrid, Spain.
IHEA (International Health Economics Association) : 2005, Barcelona, Spain.
IZA (Institute for the Study of Labor) workshop : 2006, Bonn, Germany.
JMA (Applied Microeconomics Conference) : 2001, Nancy, France ; 2002, Rennes, France ; 2003, Montpellier, France ; 2005, Hammamet, Tunisie (paper accepted).
SCSE (Canadian Society of Economics) : 2003, Montreal, Canada.
Seminars
“Stratégies de recherche, contraintes spatiales et hétérogénéité des transitions vers l’emploi : Estimation économétrique d’un modèle structurel de recherche”, with J.Y. Lesueur and M. Sabatier, Laboratoire d’Economie Appliquée (LEA), INRA, PSE, May 2005.
“Causal Paths between Health and Socioeconomic Status: Evidence from Elderly Workforce in Europe”, with J.M. Etienne and A. Skalli, Essex university, Economics department, May 2007.
“Causal Paths between Health and Socioeconomic Status: Evidence from Elderly Workforce in Europe”, with J.M. Etienne and A. Skalli, University College Dublin, Geary Institute, April 2008.
Teaching experience
2005-
Ø Econometric analysis of panel data, Master’s degree 2, professional, Economic Ingenery, University Panthéon-Assas (Paris 2) & University Dauphine.
Ø European economics, Bachelor’s degree, University Panthéon-Assas (Paris 2).
Ø International labor relations, Postgraduate Program, International Economics, University Panthéon-Assas (Paris 2).
Ø Microeonomics, Bachelor’s degree, University Panthéon-Assas (Paris 2).
Ø SAS applications, Master’s degree 2, professional, Economic Ingenery, University Panthéon-Assas (Paris 2) & University Dauphine.
Ø Population economics, Master’s degree 1, International Economics, University Panthéon-Assas (Paris 2).
Ø Students supervisor (Apprentices Master 2, professional, Economic Ingenery, University Panthéon-Assas (Paris 2) & University Dauphine ; Master thesis).
2002-2004
Ø Econometrics applied to labour economics, Postgraduate Program, Applied Microeconomics (Econometrics on panel data, qualitative variables and duration models), University Lyon II.
2001-2003
Ø Introduction to econometric modelization, Bachelor’s degree (Mathematics Applied to Social Science, MASS and B.A. in Econometrics), University Lyon II.
1998-2001
Ø Microeconomics, Undergraduate Program in Economics, University Lyon II.
Ø Economics of information and agency theory, Masters in Economics, University Lyon II.
Ø Industrial economics, Undergraduate Program in Economics, University Lyon II.