Christelle Dumas Lecturer at Université Cergy-Pontoise THEMA 33, bd du Port 95011 Cergy-Pontoise Cedex C149 00-33.1.34.25.72.76 Mail : christelle.dumasu-cergy.fr

             Research            CV        Teaching

I am a development microeconomist: for the past few years, I have been working on education, child labour, inequalities dynamics and markets imperfections in West Africa. I participated to collection of household surveys in Senegal and in Madagascar. If you want to know more, follow the link Research.

I have given several microeconomics and econometrics courses. You will find some of the course material following the Teaching link.

To see my CV page. 

Research

Development microeconomics, behaviour of (rural) households, investment in human capital, child labour, dynamics of inequalities, markets imperfections.

Applied microeconometrics, impact evaluation.

Papers

- Book -

Travail et Education des enfants dans les pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest, VDM Verlag Dr. Muller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG. 

- Published papers -

Why do parents make their children work? A test of the poverty hypothesis in rural areas of Burkina Faso, in Oxford Economic Papers, Vol 59 (2), April 2007.

Analysis of parental decisions on child labour: the case of Brazil, (only available in French): Revue d’Economie du Developpement , n°1, 2004.

- Working papers -

Does work impede child's learning?  the case of Senegal, Working Paper THEMA, 2008.

Educational achievement and socioeconomic background: causality and mechanisms in Senegal, with Sylvie Lambert, Working Paper LEA-INRA, 2007.

- Contractual research reports -

Trajectoires de scolarisation et de travail des enfants au Senegal, with S. Lambert, Document de travail du Programme international pour l'abolition du travail des enfant (ILO, only available in French), 2006.

Progression through school and academic performance in Senegal: descriptive survey results, with P. Glick, S. Lambert, D. Sahn and L. Sarr, Working Paper Saga, July 2004.

- Wide audience  -

Le travail des enfants: quelles politiques pour quels résultats?, with S. Lambert, opuscule Cepremap n°11.

- Thesis -

Offre de travail des enfants et demande d'education dans les pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest (only available in French) and its summary. 

Surveys

I have participated in the design and collection of a household survey in Senegal, called "Education et Bien-Etre des Menages au Senegal" (EBMS) . The survey follows a PASEC survey, that took place from 1995 to 1999 and that tested children enrolled in school in order to evaluate the impact of school quality on their results. The EBMS survey attempts to complete the perspective by providing information on the demand side, namely at the household level. The survey is constituted by 3 surveys: the household one, the community one and the school one. The data are available on request and the questionnaire are downloadable here: household.pdf, rural community.pdf, urban community.pdf, school.pdf.

I am currently working on the impact evaluation of a social fund in Madagascar. A 2-rounds survey has been designed for assessing the impact of infrastructures building on a variety of indicators (schooling, health, activity...)

CV (or my professional life in short)

To download my CV in pdf, click here: in English, in French. 

Current position

Oct 2006-...: Lecturer at the University Cergy-Pontoise, THEMA. 

2008-...: Associate member of the EUropean Development Network.

Previous positions

2005-2006: Temporary lecturer at the London School of Economics, Development Studies Institute (DESTIN)

2004-2005: Temporary lecturer at the University Paris-Dauphine.

2001-2004: CREST scholarship for my Ph.D.

Education 

2001-2005: Ph. D., Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. 

Thesis title: "Children labour supply and education demand in Sub-Saharan countries". Ph. D. supervisors: Sylvie Lambert and Francois Bourguignon. Jury: T. Magnac, E. Sadoulet, P. de Vreyer, M. Gurgand, E. Maurin. Defended on the 9th December 2005. Distinction: Tres honorable, felicitations a l'unanimite du jury, proposition pour prix de these et subvention pour publication.

1998-2001: Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique (ENSAE).

Teaching

* 2009

Advanced Linear Econometrics, M2 Ingénierie Economique, U. of Cergy-Pontoise. (Cours variables instrumentales, cours données de panel, all in French, update: 16/11). Papers for the course:

•  The impact of legalized abortion on crime

•  Teen drinking and educational attainment (à lire pour le 30/11)

•  The impact of the Mariel Boatlift on the Miami labor market (à lire pour le 30/11)

•  Evaluation de l'impact sur les ménages de la hausse du tarif de l'eau à Manaus (Brésil) (à lire pour le 23/11)

•  The colonial origins of comparative development (à lire pour le 23/11)

•  Feuille de route pour la présentation d'articles

Microeconomics, University of Cergy-Pontoise.

* 2008

Econometrics, master PPD. Slides.

* 2006-2008

Introductory Statistics and Econometrics for professional degrees (chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter3, chapter4, all in French), University of Cergy-Pontoise

Microeconomics, University of Cergy-Pontoise

Development Microeconomics in M. Sc., University of Cergy-Pontoise

* 2005-2006

Economic Development Policy in M.Sc., London School of Economics.

* 2004-2005

General Equilibrium under Uncertainty in B.A., University Paris-Dauphine.

Introductory Microeconomics in B.A., University Paris Dauphine (lectures and exercises in pdf, in French).

* 2002-2004

Introductory Microeconomics in M.Sc. (DEA) "Analyse et Politique Economiques", EHESS, teaching assistance.

* 2001-2004

Industrial Organization in B.A., ENSAE, teaching assistance.

Last update: Nov 2009, 9th.

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