Christophe STARZEC

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

                                                    

Office Address: Panthéon Sorbonne Économie, Université Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne     

Maison des Sciences Économiques, 106-112, Bd. de l’Hôpital,  75013 Paris

Office N° 415

tel:  +33 (0) 1 44078259

fax: +33 (0) 1 44078247

e-mail: starzec@univ-paris1.fr

 

Date of birth: 22 February 1950, Warsaw, Poland,

Marital status : Married, 1 child

Citizenship: French, Polish

 

Education:

1967    High School Diploma

1971    Bachelor  of Science, University of Warsaw, Department of Economics.

1972    Master of Science  (Economics),  University of Warsaw, Department of Economics.

             Title of dissertation: The influence of family's demographic structure on its consumption

             Director: B. Gorecki

 1977   PhD,  University of Warsaw

            Title of dissertation: Consumer Unit Scales

            Committee Chairman:  H. Fiszel. Committee members:  W. Welfe,  I. Kudrycka,  T. Kasprzak,   B.  Gorecki

 

Languages:  Fluent  in French, English and  Polish (native), good  in Russian, fair in German

 

Professional positions

1972-1981   University of Warsaw, Department of Economics

                     Assistant professor (1972-76), associate professor (1977-81)

1981-1993:  Centre d'Études des Revenus et des Coûts (CERC), Governmental  research centre, Paris,     researcher 

 1994 -2005   Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE),(National Statistical Office),

                       project manager, researcher, consultant: Development of micro-simulation model (INES) for       tax-benefit

                       policy evaluations. 

 1982- present: École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration  Économique (ENSAE),

                       (National School of Statistics and Administration), teaching

1983- present Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, (CNRS), (National Research Center),

                      University   Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne , senior researcher

 

Training, Research Fellowships

 

1969,1970   E.Wedel chocolate factory, Warsaw, Poland; management, accounting and planning  units, Student's training :

1972-73       Schweizerische Unfallversicherungsanstalt (SUVA),  Lucerne,  Switzerland; Actuarial analysis. 

                     AIESEC fellowship;        

1974/75      Université of Lodz,  visiting research fellow, Department of Econometrics,  National Economy Econometric Models

                     ( LINK project).

1977           UN Research and Statistics Center (VVS),  Bratislava (Slovakia): Econometric models of Consumption.Research fellow.

1981           Cambridge University, Department of Applied Economics,  (Growth Project, Vani Borooah).Visiting research fellow.

1981           Maison des Sciences de l’Homme (MSH), (Human Science Foundation), Collective and enlarged consumption in Poland

                    invited researcher.

1982           Tohoku University (Sendai, Japon), Departement of Economics,

                    Comparison of consumption Structures in Poland and in Japan, visiting research fellow ( Kiyoshi Takeuchi).

 1988           Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), International comparisons of child  poverty .Visiting research fellow.

 

Consulting, Expertises

 

1989           OECD:  Taxation and female work participation

1990           European Union:  R&D sector restructuring  in Poland

1993-1999: Foundation France -Pologne  and  Polish  Ministry of Work and Social Policy,  consultant,  pension system reform,

                   Social Security reform in Poland,

1994-95      OECD: Monitoring of social assistance in Poland - project coordinator.

1996-1998: Member of the executive board of the Government  Plenipotentiary for Social              Security Reform.

 1998           Bernard Brunhes Consultants, Audit of ZUS (Polish Social Security Office) for

                    old age pension reform implementation

1999-2002   Polish  Ministry of Work and Social Policy, consultant 

 

Research grants

 

1974-1980  Econometric Models of Consumption, National Research Support: (Poland)

1992-1994  Economic transformations in Eastern Europe. Privatization,  finance reform, living conditions and income

                     distribution, Commissariat Général du Plan project.

1996-1999  Family Policy in Europe, European Union TMR  project, European research network.

2000-2001  The Economics of Informal Sector in Central and Eastern European Countries

                          European Union:  PHARE-ACE project (P97-8226-R)

1999-2001  Existence, nature and  importance of "inactivity trap":  Commissariat Général du  Plan project.

2001-2004 Tobacco and alcohol consumption in Poland, rational addiction model, :MILDT / INSERM, project  in

                   « Les usages de psychotropes par les adolescents: Interactions sociales et conduites à  risque»,

 2001-2003 Demand Patterns And Employment Growth: Consumption And  Services

                     In France, Germany, Ireland,     the Netherlands,

                     the United Kingdom and the United States (DEMPATEM), RP 01-00089.

2003-2004 –Statistical Matching Methods,  research  project for Ministry of Finance Forecast Unit.       

2004-2005  Transport Expenditures in Canada, France and Poland : Estimations on Panel and Pseudo-Panel Data,

                   ADEME / PREDIT project. 

2005            Effets redistributifs de la fiscalité indirecte en France. Institut National de la Statistique et des Études

                    Économiques (INSEE),(National Statistical Office), Division Etudes Sociales,

2007-            Contrat ANR,  MALDI (Méthodes d’analyse longitudinale (enquêtes, panels, pseudo-panels) appliquées à la consommation et aux études d’opinion auprès des ménages).     

International Institutions

1970-1974  Executive Board  member AIESEC  - Poland.

1985-1995  Executive Board  member LIS (Luxembourg Income Study), Luxembourg.

 

 

Fields of research and interest

Economics of household behaviour,

Income distribution and redistribution, income inequalities, poverty

Policy evaluation methods,

Reforming social security systems. Old Age Pension Systems

 

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