Gwenn PARENT Office address, phone & E-mail OECD – Bureau MONA 218 2 rue André-Pascal 75775 PARIS Cedex 16 Email: [email protected]

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Homepage: http://gwenn.parent.free.fr/index-en.html Date of Birth: August 17th 1979, 34 years old Sex: Female

Current Position:

Citizenship: French

Labour market economist OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development DELSA - Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs EAP - Division for Employment Analysis and Policy International and French civil servant.

Professional Experience 2013 - Present

OECD, DELSA, Paris (France) Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Economist: displaced workers, employment policies analysis. ELS seminar series coordinator. More here

Research projects: • "Displaced workers": Country reports for Canada, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, USA (expected completion dates from 2014 to 2016). Final report (expected 2016). • "Older workers in France" contribution to OECD (2014), Vieillissement et politiques de l'emploi : France 2014: Mieux travailler avec l'âge, OECD Publishing. • Contribution to the report "France: Redresser la compétitivité", OECD, Série "Politiques mailleures", november 2013. Working papers in progress: • Nafilyan, V. et G. Parent (2014), « Situations et transitions des seniors sur le marché du travail en France », OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, OECD Publishing, à paraître. • Parent, G. (2014), « Retour à l’emploi des chômeurs seniors ayant bénéficié d’un accompagnement renforcé vers l’emploi », OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, No. 156, OECD Publishing, à paraître. 2010 - 2013

French Ministry of Labour, DARES, Paris (France) Economist: Employment policies analysis, publications, statistics and econometrics, survey.

Research projects: • "Active labour market policies in developed countries: what works best? Lessons for France" International literature review of empirical articles on impact evaluations of Active Labour Market Programs in Europe and OECD countries: job search assistance, case management, meetings with personal adviser, profiling & targeting programs, monitoring job search intensity & sanctions, role of caseworkers. • "Displaced workers policies and services in France” and “Public/private provision of counselling to job-seekers in France”. Evaluation of public and private providers: counselling and case management for long-term unemployed people and displaced workers.

- Construction of survey questionnaire and implementation of 3 rounds of surveys distributed to 10000 unemployed people, training of survey teams (120 trainees), quality control of collected data, sampling and non-response weighting sets. - Econometric analysis on Stata and SAS (probit estimations, Oaxaca/Fairlie decomposition methods), presentation of research findings at seminars and publication. - Summary report for the consumption of policy-makers published in January 2013.

Publications: • Parent, G., O. Sautory et R. Desplatz (2013), "L'accompagnement des demandeurs d'emploi: enseignements des évaluations", Dares, Documents d'études N°2013-178, décembre 2013. • Dares-Pôle emploi (2013), “L’accompagnement renforcé des demandeurs d’emploi : évolution du recours aux opérateurs privés par Pôle emploi de 2009 à 2011”, Synthèse.Eval N°03 et Les Cahiers-Etudes N°15. , janvier 2013. • Dares-Pôle emploi (2012), "Le recours aux opérateurs privés de placement pour l’accompagnement des demandeurs d’emploi en difficulté d’insertion : le retour à l’emploi à l’horizon de 8 mois", Dares Analyses N°2012-002, janvier 2012. 2009 – 2010

OECD – Development Center, Paris (France). Consultant, Americas Desk. Empirical research on “middle class” using national household surveys for 15 Latin American countries over 10 years (on Stata), publication in “Latin American Economic Outlook 2011” (Chapter 2).

Research project: Empirical research on “middle class” using national household surveys for 15 Latin American countries over 10 years (on Stata) Publications: • OECD (2010), Latin American Economic Outlook 2011: How Middle-Class Is Latin America?, OECD Publishing. • Castellani, F. and G. Parent (2011), "Being "Middle-Class" in Latin America", OECD Development Centre Working Papers, No. 305, OECD Publishing. 2002 – 2003

ADECCO (Capio), Paris (France). Consulting in Human Resources and Management: observation, identification of good practices, counselling, recommendation for large French companies (Renault, Danone, BNP, Carrefour, Vivendi, Veolia…)

Summer 2001

UNILEVER, Santiago (Chile). Audit of the Diversey Lever branch.

Summer 2000

CEGOS, Paris (France). Creation of training modules in Management, Business Administration and E-learning.

Education Sept 04 – Present

PhD Student in Economics, Paris School of Economics. Thesis title: “Middle class in Latin American Countries”

2003 – 2004

Master of Research in Macroeconomics. Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University (with distinction).

2001 - 2002

“Agrégation” in Economics and Management, rank : 11th. National highest French competitive exam for teachers.

1999 - 2001

BsC and MsC in Economics and Management. Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan. Department of Economics and Management.

Research Publications: • Parent, G. et O. Sautory (2014), "L’accompagnement des demandeurs d’emploi : effets du renforcement et de l’externalisation du suivi", Paper accepted by Travail et Emploi, Numéro spécial "Evaluation des politiques actives du marché du travail", Forthcoming Fall 2014. • Parent, G. (2014), "Le contrôle de la recherche d'emploi et les sanctions", Paper accepted by Travail et Emploi, Numéro spécial "Evaluation des politiques actives du marché du travail", Forthcoming Fall 2014. • “Latin America’s Middle Sectors: Economic Characteristics and Consumer Behaviour”, in Latin America's Emerging Middle Classes, Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming 2014-2015, under the supervision of Jeff Dayton-Johnson. Chapter 5 with F. Castellani and J. Zenteno, Inter-American Development Bank. • Parent, G., O. Sautory et R. Desplatz (2013), "L'accompagnement des demandeurs d'emploi: enseignements des évaluations", Dares, Documents d'études N°2013-178, décembre 2013. • Dares-Pôle emploi (2013), “L’accompagnement renforcé des demandeurs d’emploi : évolution du recours aux opérateurs privés par Pôle emploi de 2009 à 2011”, Synthèse.Eval N°03 et Les Cahiers-Etudes N°15, janvier 2013. • Dares-Pôle emploi (2012), “Le recours aux opérateurs privés de placement pour l’accompagnement des demandeurs d’emploi en difficulté d’insertion : le retour à l’emploi à l’horizon de 8 mois” (janvier 2012). Dares Analyses 2012-002 et Repères & Analyses n°35. • OECD (2010), "Middle Sectors and Latin American Development", in OECD, Latin American Economic Outlook 2011: How Middle-Class Is Latin America?, OECD Publishing. Other articles: • Nafilyan, V. et G. Parent (2014), « Situations et transitions des seniors sur le marché du travail en France », OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, OECD Publishing, à paraître. • Parent, G. (2014), « Retour à l’emploi des chômeurs seniors ayant bénéficié d’un accompagnement renforcé vers l’emploi », OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, No. 156, OECD Publishing, à paraître. • “Middle Class determinants in Latin America (2000-2010) – A gender perspective”, mimeo IADB, with E. Martinez, 2012. • Castellani, F. and G. Parent (2011), “Being "Middle-Class" in Latin America”, OECD DEV Working Paper No. 305, October 2011. • “The Peruvian middle class (1998-2010)”, mimeo IADB, with F. Castellani and E. Martinez, 2012. • “The Colombian middle class between two crisis”, mimeo IADB, with F. Castellani and J. Zenteno, 2012. • “Is there an Inverted Gender Wage Gap in Argentina? Evidence from the Crisis Period (19992003)”, mimeo PSE, 2008. • “Wage Inequalities Decompositions in Argentina: The Role of Regions, Industries, Education and Gender (1999-2003)”, mimeo PSE, 2007. • “Inter- and Intra-Regional Wage Inequalities in Argentina (1999-2003)”, mimeo PSE, 2006. • “Income Mobility and Inequalities in Argentina: 1999-2003”, mimeo DELTA, 2005.

International Conferences: AFSE, Congrès de l’Association Française de Sciences Economiques, Paris (France, July 1-3, 2012). “Middle Class determinants in Latin America (2000-2010) – A gender perspective”, with E. Martinez. XV Encuentro de Economía Aplicada, La Coruña (Spain, June 7-8, 2012). Submission accepted for “Middle Class determinants in Latin America (2000-2010) – A gender perspective”, with E. Martinez.

ANR, Conference on “Inequalities, Skills and Globalisation”, Lille (France, June 21-22, 2012). French Research National Agency (ANR). “Middle Class determinants in Latin America (2000-2010) – A gender perspective”, with E. Martinez. JMA, XXVIII Applied Microeconomics Days, Sousse (Tunisia, June 2-3, 2011). Submission accepted for “Being Middle Class in Latin America”, with F. Castellani. LACEA, 15th Annual Meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, Medellín (Colombia, November 11-13, 2010). “Being Middle Class in Latin America”, with F. Castellani JMA, XXVI Applied Microeconomics Days, Dijon (France, June 4-5, 2009). “Is there an Inverted Gender Wage Gap in Argentina? Evidence from the Crisis Period (1999-2003)”. EEA, European Economic Association, 22nd Meeting of the EEA, Budapest (Hungary, August 2731, 2007). “Wage Inequalities Decomposition in Argentina: The Role of Regions, Industries, Education and Gender (1999-2003)”. ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, Berlin (Germany, July 12-14, 2007). “Wage Inequalities Decompositions in Argentina: Analysis by Regions, Industries, Education and Gender (1999-2003)”. JMA, XXIV Applied Microeconomics Days, Fribourg (Switzerland, May 31– June 1, 2007). “Inter- and Intra-Regional Wage Inequalities in Argentina (1999-2003)”. SMYE, XII Spring Meeting of Young Economists, Hamburg (Germany, May 25-27, 2007). “Inter- and Intra-Regional Wage Inequalities in Argentina (1999-2003)”. Seminars: Internal Seminar Dares – French Ministry of Labour, Paris, May 24th, 2012. Internal Seminar Pôle emploi, Paris, January 18th, 2012. OECD Experts' meeting “Middle class & Development inLatin America”, April 26th 2010. Applied Economics Lunch Seminar, Paris School of Economics, March 3th 2009. Applied Economics Lunch Seminar, Paris School of Economics, March 6th 2007. LEA-INRA Seminar, Paris School of Economics, December 15th 2006. Labour Market and Inequalities Seminar, Paris School of Economics, November 17th 2006.

Teaching Experience 2009 – 2013

Sciences-Po Paris, Teaching Assistant. Microeconomics (BSc Economics, 1st year), 2010 - 2013. Macroeconomics (BSc Economics, 1st year), Spring 2009.

2007 – 2009

Paris XII University (Val de Marne), Teaching Assistant. Mathematics (BSc Economics, 1st year), Spring 2009. Mathematics (BSc Economics, 2nd year), Fall 2008. Microeconomics (BSc Economics, 1st year), Fall 2007. Mathematics (BSc Economics, 2nd year), Fall 2007.

2004 – 2007

Panthéon-Sorbonne University (Paris 1), Teaching Assistant. Applied Statistics and Econometrics (BSc Economics, 3rd year), Fall 2006. Project Monitoring “Evolution of Income Inequalities in France (19702001)” (BSc Economics, 1st year), Spring 2006. Statistics and Econometrics (BSc Economics, 3rd year), Fall 2005. Microeconomics (BSc Economics, 3rd year), Econometrics (BSc Economics, 3rd year), Fall 2004.

2003 – 2004

Paris XI University, Teaching Assistant. Introduction to Management (BSc Management 1st year).

2001 – 2002

Ecole Hotelière de Paris (Paris Catering School). Mathematics (BSc 1st year).

Languages, IT and other skills Languages

French (native speaker). English (fluent). Spanish (fluent).

Software

Econometrics: Stata (advanced level), SAS (intermediate level) and R (basic level). General: MS Office and LateX (advanced level). Other: Turbo pascal, Html.

Social skills

• Good interpersonal and communication skills (seminar, workshop, conference, OECD

Expert meeting) acquired through working experiences as researcher, consultant, lecturer, and trainer. • Excellent ability to adapt to multicultural environments acquired through work experiences at the OECD development centre (using English and Spanish as working languages), work experiences abroad (Serbia, Chile) and in France in public and private organizations, and through personal experiences abroad (2 years in Chile (1990-1992), 2 years in Nigeria (1987-1989) and 2 years in Saudi Arabia (1984-1986)).

Organisational skills • Proven competences of project and team management acquired through experiences at first aid association (events management, first aid organization at the Paris Bercy concert hall, the “Parc des Princes” football stadium, and some main French festivals) and student associations (integration week-end for 200 first-year students in Bordeaux, Ecole Normale Supérieure Gala).

Others

• Complete First Aid Training (2008), member of a first aid association similar to the Red Cross (Centre Français de Secourisme, CFS).