Thomas Breda
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Teaching

All course slides and materials are available on the PSE teaching website.

2023 – Core course of Labor Economics (joint M2 APE and PPD at PSE, with François Fontaine and David Margolis)

2023 – Summer school “Gender Economics” at PSE

2019 – Doctoral course for PSE Ph.D students (Machine learning, Minimum wage)

2017–2025 – Introduction to Labor Economics (M1 APE at PSE, with François Fontaine)

2017–2023 – Labor Economics and Social Policy (joint M2 APE and PPD at PSE, with Eric Maurin)


Master theses and PhD dissertations — Mémoires et thèses

PhD dissertations

PhD thesis defended in 2026

Maëlle Stricot, Violence Against Women: Essays on Institutional Responses in the Justice System and the Care Economy (co-supervised with Camille Hémet)

PhD thesis defended in 2025

Louis-Alexandre Erb, Trois essais sur la ségrégation de genre (co-supervised with Yannick L'Horty)

PhD thesis defended in 2024

Kentaro Asai, Essays on Empirical Labor Economics

PhD thesis defended in 2023

Simon Loewe, Essays in empirical economics (co-supervised with Luc Behaghel)

PhD thesis defended in 2022

Paolo Santini, Trade unions as organizations: membership, workforce composition and wage structure (co-supervised with Jérôme Bourdieu)

In progress: Pietro Geuna (since 2023, with Eric Maurin), Katharina Kaeppel (since 2025), Lucie Briand (since 2025).

Master theses (M2 APE/PPD at PSE)

Master thesis defended in 2023

Maitreyee Guha, Telework and the Mobility of French Workers During and Post-Covid-19

Violetta van Veen, Public Daycare Participation and Cognitive Development

Lola Touitou, Schooling and Early Gendered Performance Gaps: an Investigation on French Data

Pietro Geuna, Peer Effects Across Age, Peer and Gender: Evidence from Chess Clubs

Master thesis defended in 2022

Clémence Gardette, Gender norms and rational choices of women in STEM: a study of the ENS entrance exams

Xavier Pedros, Does local immigration contribute to the rise of the far-right? Evidence from Spanish municipalities

Master thesis defended in 2021

Maëlle Stricot, Understanding the factors behind the (under-)reporting of sexual violence: Evidence from France

Master thesis defended in 2020

Maël Astruc-Le Souder, Parenthood and Gender Labour Income Gap: The Role of Working Conditions

Clara Schaeper, Discrimination in the Hiring Process in France: The Role of Spatial and Within Firm Diversity

Master thesis defended in 2019

Margot Belguise, Effects of Multi-unionism on Wage Bargaining: a Regression Discontinuity Approach

Sophia Gernert, Family-Friendliness and Gender Composition of the Workplace

Master thesis defended in 2018

Kentaro Asai, Does Cognitive Skill Explain Rising Wage Inequality in OECD Countries?

Lucy Kraftman, Gender Pay Gap of the Highly Educated in Early Career Trajectories: An Empirical Analysis on the USA

Morgane Sanna, The impact of parents' labor supply shocks on their children's schooling outcomes

Pierre Havez, Les seuils sociaux en France : quels impacts sur la démographie des PME ?

Simon Akriche, Salaire minimum national et emploi : une étude du cadre institutionnel français

Master thesis defended in 2017

Paolo Santini, Measuring Inequality in the Non-Profit Sector: The Case of American Unions

Master thesis defended in 2016

Andrea Ibba, One Minimum Wage to bind them all: Industries' collective agreements and the NMW in France

Master thesis defended in 2015

Cyprien Batut, Capital openness and the decline of the labor share: is financial liberalization impacting factor distribution of income?

Master thesis defended in 2014

Antoine Bergerot, Une estimation des effets de la loi du 20 août 2008 sur la représentativité des syndicats