Marie‐Anne Valfort
Biographic Data
| ID | 5651478 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marie‐Anne Valfort |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marie‐Anne |
| FAMILY NAME | Valfort |
| SIGNATURE | VALFORT M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Paris School of Economics |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Invisible Barriers
An essential resource for anyone committed to fostering equality and fairness in employment—with actionable proposals for public policy that can address these inequities. In a world where discrimination against minorities remains a pressing issue even in economically and socially advanced countries, Invisible Barriers delves into the multifaceted nature of this pervasive problem. Drawing on extensive research from economics, management, psycholog…
Disease and Human Capital Accumulation
We estimate the effects of a large-scale antimalaria campaign on a rich set of human capital outcomes in 27 sub-Saharan African countries. Using pre-campaign malaria risk as treatment probability, we exploit quasi-experimental variation in period and cohort exposure to antimalaria campaigns. A conservative interpretation of our results shows a globally positive impact of antimalaria campaigns: they reduced the probability of infant mortality (1 p…
Anti-Muslim discrimination in France
When Correspondence Studies Fail to Detect Hiring Discrimination
Response and Rejoinders to Symposium on Why Muslim Integration Fails in Christian-Heritage Societies
International audience
Information Reduces Corruption and Improves Enrolment (But Not Schooling)
In the mid-1990s, Ugandan primary schools received only one-fifth of intended government capitation grants. A seminal study shows that a grassroots newspaper campaign substantially reduced grant capture and improved educational outcomes. We replicate these results, confirming that the campaign reduced corruption and increased enrolment. The latter outcome is only robust with an improved enrolment measure introduced in later work by the authors of…
La religion, facteur de discrimination à l’embauche en France
Cet article repose sur un testing sur CV d’une ampleur sans précédent conduit en France métropolitaine avant les attentats de 2015. Le protocole expérimental compare les taux de convocation à un entretien d’embauche de candidates et candidats fictifs d’origine libanaise dont les candidatures sont identiques en tout point à l’exception de leur religion supposée. Les résultats révèlent une forte discrimination à raison de la religion : les catholiq…
Why Muslim Integration Fails in Christian-Heritage Societies
Amid mounting fears of violent Islamic extremism, many Europeans ask whether Muslim immigrants can integrate into historically Christian countries. In a groundbreaking ethnographic investigation of France's Muslim migrant population, Why Muslim Integration Fails in Christian-Heritage Societies explores this complex question. The authors conclude that both Muslim and non-Muslim French must share responsibility for the slow progress of Muslim integ…
Religious Homophily in a Secular Country
Homophily—the tendency individuals have to associate with similar‐others—is a powerful determinant of social networks. Yet research to date does not allow us to determine which dimension, e.g., ethnic, religious, gender, age, or class similarity, drives association. Tests demonstrating homophily are flawed by restricting the range of dimensions in the choice set. We introduce an experimental game in which we exogenously expose subjects to diverse…
Muslims in France
The Effect of Weather-Induced Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets. Evidence from Uganda
Relying on census data collected in 2002 and historical weather data for Uganda, this paper estimates the impact of weather-induced internal migration on the probability for non-migrants living in the destination regions to be employed. Consistent with the prediction of a simple theoretical model, the results reveal a larger negative impact than the one documented for developed countries. They further show that this negative impact is significant…
When do textbooks matter for achievement? Evidence from African primary schools
Women, Muslim Immigrants, and Economic Integration in France
Muslim immigrants to Europe display distinctive attitudes toward women in a wide range of survey data. This study investigates whether this translates into distinctive behavior. Relying on a dictator game in France and an identification strategy that isolates the effect of religion from typical confounds such as race, we compare the donations of matched Christian and Muslim immigrants and rooted French to in‐group and out‐group men vs. women. Our…
The Effect of Weather-Induced Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets. Evidence from Uganda
Relying on census data collected in 2002 and historical weather data for Uganda, we estimate the impact of weather-induced internal migration on the probability for non-migrants living in the destination regions to be employed. Our results reveal a significant negative impact. Consistent with the prediction of a simple theoretical model, they further show that this negative impact is significantly stronger in regions with lower road density and t…
Voting for Redistribution under Desert‐Sensitive Altruism
We endow individuals who differ in skills and tastes for working, with altruistic preferences for redistribution in a voting model where a unidimensional redistributive parameter is chosen by majority voting in a direct democracy. When altruistic preferences are desert‐sensitive (i.e., when there is a reluctance to redistribute from the hard‐working to the lazy), we show that lower levels of redistribution emerge in political equilibrium. We prov…
Privatisation en Afrique subsaharienne
Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) a pour objectif de promouvoir des politiques visant :-à réaliser la plus forte expansion de l'économie et de l'emploi et une progression du niveau de vie dans les pays membres, tout en maintenant la stabilité financière, et à contribuer ainsi au développement de l'économie mondiale; -à contribuer à une saine expansion économique dans les pays membres, ainsi que les pays non membre…
Privatisation in Sub-Saharan Africa
This book examines recent progress made in the regionâ s privatisation effort in Sub-Saharan Africa. With cumulative proceeds of privatisation accounting for just $8 billion compared to $46 billion in transition economies over the same period, it is clearly still in its infancy. The report charts progress, outlines methods used, and questions whether the objectives have been achieved. It also examines the impact privatisation has had on allevi…
Muslims in France
Anti-Muslim discrimination in France
Disease and Human Capital Accumulation
We estimate the effects of a large-scale antimalaria campaign on a rich set of human capital outcomes in 27 sub-Saharan African countries. Using pre-campaign malaria risk as treatment probability, we exploit quasi-experimental variation in period and cohort exposure to antimalaria campaigns. A conservative interpretation of our results shows a globally positive impact of antimalaria campaigns: they reduced the probability of infant mortality (1 p…
La religion, facteur de discrimination à l’embauche en France
Cet article repose sur un testing sur CV d’une ampleur sans précédent conduit en France métropolitaine avant les attentats de 2015. Le protocole expérimental compare les taux de convocation à un entretien d’embauche de candidates et candidats fictifs d’origine libanaise dont les candidatures sont identiques en tout point à l’exception de leur religion supposée. Les résultats révèlent une forte discrimination à raison de la religion : les catholiq…
Privatisation in Sub-Saharan Africa
This book examines recent progress made in the regionâ s privatisation effort in Sub-Saharan Africa. With cumulative proceeds of privatisation accounting for just $8 billion compared to $46 billion in transition economies over the same period, it is clearly still in its infancy. The report charts progress, outlines methods used, and questions whether the objectives have been achieved. It also examines the impact privatisation has had on allevi…
Privatisation en Afrique subsaharienne
Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE) a pour objectif de promouvoir des politiques visant :-à réaliser la plus forte expansion de l'économie et de l'emploi et une progression du niveau de vie dans les pays membres, tout en maintenant la stabilité financière, et à contribuer ainsi au développement de l'économie mondiale; -à contribuer à une saine expansion économique dans les pays membres, ainsi que les pays non membre…
Privatisation in Sub-Saharan Africa
This book examines recent progress made in the regionâ s privatisation effort in Sub-Saharan Africa. With cumulative proceeds of privatisation accounting for just $8 billion compared to $46 billion in transition economies over the same period, it is clearly still in its infancy. The report charts progress, outlines methods used, and questions whether the objectives have been achieved. It also examines the impact privatisation has had on allevi…
Voting for Redistribution under Desert‐Sensitive Altruism
We endow individuals who differ in skills and tastes for working, with altruistic preferences for redistribution in a voting model where a unidimensional redistributive parameter is chosen by majority voting in a direct democracy. When altruistic preferences are desert‐sensitive (i.e., when there is a reluctance to redistribute from the hard‐working to the lazy), we show that lower levels of redistribution emerge in political equilibrium. We prov…
The Effect of Weather-Induced Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets. Evidence from Uganda
Relying on census data collected in 2002 and historical weather data for Uganda, this paper estimates the impact of weather-induced internal migration on the probability for non-migrants living in the destination regions to be employed. Consistent with the prediction of a simple theoretical model, the results reveal a larger negative impact than the one documented for developed countries. They further show that this negative impact is significant…
When do textbooks matter for achievement? Evidence from African primary schools
Women, Muslim Immigrants, and Economic Integration in France
Muslim immigrants to Europe display distinctive attitudes toward women in a wide range of survey data. This study investigates whether this translates into distinctive behavior. Relying on a dictator game in France and an identification strategy that isolates the effect of religion from typical confounds such as race, we compare the donations of matched Christian and Muslim immigrants and rooted French to in‐group and out‐group men vs. women. Our…
The Effect of Weather-Induced Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets. Evidence from Uganda
Relying on census data collected in 2002 and historical weather data for Uganda, we estimate the impact of weather-induced internal migration on the probability for non-migrants living in the destination regions to be employed. Our results reveal a significant negative impact. Consistent with the prediction of a simple theoretical model, they further show that this negative impact is significantly stronger in regions with lower road density and t…
Muslims in France
Religious Homophily in a Secular Country
Homophily—the tendency individuals have to associate with similar‐others—is a powerful determinant of social networks. Yet research to date does not allow us to determine which dimension, e.g., ethnic, religious, gender, age, or class similarity, drives association. Tests demonstrating homophily are flawed by restricting the range of dimensions in the choice set. We introduce an experimental game in which we exogenously expose subjects to diverse…
Why Muslim Integration Fails in Christian-Heritage Societies
Amid mounting fears of violent Islamic extremism, many Europeans ask whether Muslim immigrants can integrate into historically Christian countries. In a groundbreaking ethnographic investigation of France's Muslim migrant population, Why Muslim Integration Fails in Christian-Heritage Societies explores this complex question. The authors conclude that both Muslim and non-Muslim French must share responsibility for the slow progress of Muslim integ…
La religion, facteur de discrimination à l’embauche en France
Cet article repose sur un testing sur CV d’une ampleur sans précédent conduit en France métropolitaine avant les attentats de 2015. Le protocole expérimental compare les taux de convocation à un entretien d’embauche de candidates et candidats fictifs d’origine libanaise dont les candidatures sont identiques en tout point à l’exception de leur religion supposée. Les résultats révèlent une forte discrimination à raison de la religion : les catholiq…
Information Reduces Corruption and Improves Enrolment (But Not Schooling)
In the mid-1990s, Ugandan primary schools received only one-fifth of intended government capitation grants. A seminal study shows that a grassroots newspaper campaign substantially reduced grant capture and improved educational outcomes. We replicate these results, confirming that the campaign reduced corruption and increased enrolment. The latter outcome is only robust with an improved enrolment measure introduced in later work by the authors of…
When Correspondence Studies Fail to Detect Hiring Discrimination
Response and Rejoinders to Symposium on Why Muslim Integration Fails in Christian-Heritage Societies
International audience
Anti-Muslim discrimination in France
Disease and Human Capital Accumulation
We estimate the effects of a large-scale antimalaria campaign on a rich set of human capital outcomes in 27 sub-Saharan African countries. Using pre-campaign malaria risk as treatment probability, we exploit quasi-experimental variation in period and cohort exposure to antimalaria campaigns. A conservative interpretation of our results shows a globally positive impact of antimalaria campaigns: they reduced the probability of infant mortality (1 p…
Invisible Barriers
An essential resource for anyone committed to fostering equality and fairness in employment—with actionable proposals for public policy that can address these inequities. In a world where discrimination against minorities remains a pressing issue even in economically and socially advanced countries, Invisible Barriers delves into the multifaceted nature of this pervasive problem. Drawing on extensive research from economics, management, psycholog…
Political science (10 works) · Economics (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research (6 works) · Demographic economics (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works)