Clément Imbert
Subject Editor, Development

Sciences Po, France

World of Labour role

Subject Editor

Current position

Professor of Economics, Sciences Po, France

Research interest

Development economics, environment economics, labour economics, public economics

Past positions

Professor of Economics, Warwick, UK

Qualifications

PhD Economics, Paris School of Economics, France, 2012

Selected publications

  • "Rural Migrants and Urban Informality: Evidence from Brazil." Econometrica 94:3 (2026) (with G. Ulyssea).

  • "Urban Public Works in Spatial Equilibrium: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia." American Economic Review 113 (2024): 1382–1414 (with S. Franklin, G. Abebe and C. Mejia-Mantilla).

  • "Migrants and Firms: Evidence from China." American Economic Review 112:6 (2022): 1885–1914 (with M. Seror, Y. Zhang and Y. Zylberberg).

  • "Short-term Migration Rural Workfare Programs and Urban Labor Markets: Evidence from India." Journal of the European Economic Association 18:2 (2020): 927–963 (with J. Papp).

  • "Labor Market Impact of Social Programs: Evidence from India's Employment Guarantee." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 7:2 (2015): 233–263 (with J. Papp).