Alexandra Roulet
Associate Professor of Economics and Political Science
Biography
Alexandra Roulet is an Associate Professor of Economics at INSEAD and the current recipient of the Mathieu Guillemin MBA'97J Fellowship in Business and Society. She is also a CEPR Research Fellow and co-directs the CEPR Research Policy Network on "Growth, Innovation and Social Model in Europe".
Alexandra’s research focuses on labour economics and has been published in leading academic journals such as the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics or the Journal of Public Economics. She is the co-winner of the 2017 Upjohn Institute Dissertation Award. In 2024 she was named the best French economist under 40 by Le Cercle des économistes and the newspaper Le Monde.
Alexandra worked as economic advisor to President Macron and Prime Minister Borne from June 2022 to September 2023. She is currently a member of the French Council of Economic Analysis.
She graduated from the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, and earned her PhD in Economics at Harvard University in 2017.
Alexandra’s research focuses on labour economics and has been published in leading academic journals such as the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics or the Journal of Public Economics. She is the co-winner of the 2017 Upjohn Institute Dissertation Award. In 2024 she was named the best French economist under 40 by Le Cercle des économistes and the newspaper Le Monde.
Alexandra worked as economic advisor to President Macron and Prime Minister Borne from June 2022 to September 2023. She is currently a member of the French Council of Economic Analysis.
She graduated from the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, and earned her PhD in Economics at Harvard University in 2017.
Latest posts
Consumers’ Green Conscience Fosters Clean Innovation
A. Roulet, P. Aghion
It’s not cheap talk; when market competition is fierce, the effect of consumers’ values on green innovation can be as strong as a large fuel price increase.
Bridging Prosperity and Need
Alexandra Roulet
A country's overall economic figures don't always speak to the difficulty of life for many people. Even Singapore needs a food bank.
Why Not Enough Women Are Senior Leaders
A. Roulet, A. Lawson
True parity in the workplace is still a distant goal. INSEAD faculty outline why women aren’t advancing and the role gender stereotypes play.
Why We Haven’t Fixed Gender Inequality at Work
Alexandra Roulet
Research by Claudia Goldin, the 2023 Nobel Prize winner in Economics, offers ground-breaking insights about a long-standing problem.
What It’s Like to Be a Gig Worker During a Pandemic
M. Stabile, A. Roulet
How precarious workers balance financial uncertainty, health risks and mental well-being in the age of Covid-19.
How the Daily Commute Affects the Gender Wage Gap
A. Roulet, T. Le Barbanchon, R. Barthelot
Women’s aversion for commuting motivates them to look for closer and not-so-well paid jobs compared to men.
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