Miren Lafourcade is Full Professor of Economics at University Paris-Saclay (RITM Lab), and also a research fellow of the Paris School of Economics and the CEPR. She received her PhD in Economics from Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne in 1998. Her current research interests span over the "Economic Geography" and "Urban economics" fields. She is more particularly interested in the effects of transport systems on spatial inequalities and housing prices, the impact of place-based policies on people living in distressed neighborhoods, or the nexus between pollution, driving and city shape.

Publications 

Latest contributions 

School crossing sign in Paris
VoxEU Column

Place-based policies: Opportunities for deprived schools versus ‘zone and shame’ effects

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  • Education
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  • Poverty and Income Inequality
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Long-run spatial inequality in France: Evolution and determinants

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  • Europe's nations and regions
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  • Productivity and Innovation