Dr. Pauline Grosjean

Biography

Pauline Grosjean is a Professor in the School of Economics at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). Her previous positions include faculty at the University of San Francisco and the University of California at Berkeley, and she has worked as an Economist for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Grosjean completed her PhD in Economics at the Toulouse School of Economics in 2006 after graduating from the Ecole Normale Supérieure. Her research focuses on the historical dynamics of economic development, particularly how culture and institutions interact to shape long-term economic outcomes. She has published extensively on the historical processes affecting economic development, examining factors such as cooperation, violence, trust, gender norms, democracy, market reforms, immigration, educational preferences, and conflict.

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