Welcome!
I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Aix-Marseille School of Economics (AMSE) and currently on the 2025-2026 job market (JMP here!). I hold a Ph.D. in Economics from the Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium), completed under the supervision of David de la Croix and Hélène Latzer.
My research interests are in Development Economics, Economic History and Law & Economics, with a focus on France in the 18th-19th century period and on pre-modern Europe.
What’s New?
- 10-06-2026 I was delighted to present my new project on « Church Construction and Economic Development in Medieval Europe » (joint with Masahiro Kubo and Èric Roca Fernández) at the 25th LAGV Days held in Aix-en-Provence
- 06-05-2026 It was a pleasure to present my new project on the institutional determinants of the gender composition of the judiciary at the AFEPOP 2026 annual conference in Strasbourg
- 22-01-2026 I was delighted to be able to present my paper on the dissolution of French monasteries at the ADRES conference in Paris
- 08-10-2025 It was an honor and great pleasure to present my research on Malthusian stagnation at the History and Economics Seminar of the Aix-Marseille School of Economics
- 06-09-2025 It was an honor and great pleasure to present my research on monastic land reallocation and agricultural productivity in 19th century France at the European Historical Economics Society Conference held at the University of Hohenheim
- 28-07-2025 It was an honor and great pleasure to present my research on monastic land reallocation and agricultural productivity in 19th century France at the World Economic History Congress 2025 held in Lund
- 02-07-2025 It was a pleasure to present my research on monastic land reallocation and agricultural productivity in 19th century France at the 24th LAGV Days held in Marseille
- 01-04-2025 I was honoured to present my ongoing research on Church lands and agricultural productivity in 19th century France at the economic history workshop organized by ENS Lyon
- 28-03-2025 I enjoyed attending the presentations at the LORDE 2025 Workshop and discussing the interesting paper by Konstantinos Angelopoulos on « Resource risk and the origins of inequality: Evidence from a pastoralist economy »
- 31-01-2025 I was delighted to be able to present my paper on the dissolution of French monasteries at the ADRES conference in Strasbourg
- 22-01-2025 I was delighted to discuss Jérémie Foa's interesting book « Survivre: une histoire des guerres de Religion »
- 28-12-2024 I am proud and honoured to announce that my article « Access to Justice and Economic Development: Evidence from an International Panel Dataset » has been accepted for publication in the European Economic Review
- 18-10-2024 I am proud and honoured to announce that my article « Speed of Convergence in a Malthusian World: Weak or Strong Homeostasis » has been accepted for publication in Explorations in Economic History
- 28-06-2024 I had a great time assisting to the 23rd Louis-André Gérard-Varet (LAGV) days organized by the Aix-Marseille School of Economics (AMSE)
- 25-06-2024 I had the pleasure of attending the Louvain FRESH Workshop 2024 on « Institutions, Human Capital, and Long-Term Development: Lessons from pre-modern Europe. » Always nice to be back at UCLouvain
- 29-04-2024 I really enjoyed taking part in the « Deep-Rooted Factors in Comparative Development » conference at Brown University
- 25-03-2024 I had a great time presenting and taking part in the LORDE conference held in Grenoble from 20 to 22 March. My paper on the dissolution of French monasteries received an interesting discussion from Tanguy Le Fur
- 24-10-2023 I am looking forward to present my research on the dissolution of French monasteries at the interdisciplinary seminar in history and economics of the Aix-Marseille School of Economics (AMSE) with a discussion of my paper by Paul Chopelin (Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3)
- 06-07-2023 I had the pleasure of presenting my research on the dissolution of French monasteries at the DEM Workshop on Ageing, Culture and Comparative Development of the University of Luxembourg
- 17-03-2023 I am delighted and honored to be joining the Aix-Marseille School of Economics (AMSE) in September as a postdoctoral researcher
- 30-01-2023 I look forward to defending my thesis publicly on March 27, 2023. Le jour de gloire est arrivé !
- 09-01-2023 I am looking forward to staying at the Aix-Marseille School of Economics (Université Aix-Marseille) from 09/01 to 13/01 in order to present my job market paper and to have fruitful exchanges with the faculty
- 19-12-2022 I was very pleased to present a poster at the conference on « Religion, Culture and Economic Growth in Historical Perspective » organized at the Université catholique de Louvain
- 04-10-2022 Had a really great time presenting my job market paper on « The Most Important Event? The Long-Run Impact of the Dissolution of French Monasteries » at the IRES Lunch Seminar of the Université catholique de Louvain
- 23-09-2022 Had a really great time attending and presenting my job market paper on « The Most Important Event? The Long-Run Impact of the Dissolution of French Monasteries » at the Instituto de Ciências Sociais (ICS) of the University of Lisbon
- 29-07-2022 Had a really great time attending and presenting a poster at the WEHC conference in Paris
- 07-05-2022 Had a really great time attending the Brown Conference on the Roots of Comparative Development
- 04-05-2022 Delighted to present my research on « The Long-Run Impact of the Dissolution of French Monasteries » at the Growth Breakfast of the Brown University
- 23-04-2022 I am honored to be the laureate of the Association Française d'Histoire Economique (French Economic History Association) Grant in view of my participation in the WEHC conference in Paris this summer
- 23-02-2022 Delighted to present my research on « Speed of Convergence in a Malthusian World: Weak or Strong Homeostasis » at the Growth Breakfast of the Brown University
- 01-02-2022 Starting my 6-month visiting position at Brown University, under the supervision of Oded Galor. I am really looking forward to presenting my research and interacting with the economics department
- 10-01-2022 I am looking forward to attending and presenting a poster of my research on French monasteries at the XIX World Economic History Congress (WEHC) to be held in Paris
- 02-12-2021 I am looking forward to attending and speaking at the seminar: « Les biens nationaux » : une révolution ? XVIIIe – XXIe siècle. Enjeux socio-politiques et imaginaires sociaux organized by the CRIHAM at Université de Poitiers
- 01-11-2021 I am honored to be the laureate of the French Community Travel Grant to finance my visiting at Brown University in February
- 20-04-2021 I am looking forward to attending and speaking at the 69th Congress of the French Economic Association (AFSE) held online. I will give the first presentation of my research on the industrial consequences of the auctioning off of French monasteries after the French Revolution
- 06-04-2021 Hello world! Creation of my website