Josselin Thuilliez

I am an economist, tenured research Professor at CNRS (French national centre for scientific research), based in Rennes (France) at the Centre de Recherche en Economie et Management (a joint research unit between CNRS & University of Rennes; CREM, UMR 6211). I was previously based at the Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne (CNRS-Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University) from 2011 to 2023, where I led a team in Development Economics and was part of the laboratory board. I now hold a Chair in Health Economics in Rennes (CNRS-Rennes Métropole).

Research Interests 

Health economics (JEL Code: I00):

• Health behaviors (JEL Code: I12)
• Health and Inequality (JEL Code: I14)
• Health and economic development (JEL Code: I15)
• Public and Global Health (JEL Code: I18)
• Economic Epidemiology

Population economics (JEL Code: J10):

• Demographic trends, Mortality (JEL Code: J10; J11; J13)

Development economics (JEL Code: O10):

• Human Capital and development (JEL Code: I00; I20; I21; I25)
• Poverty and well-being (JEL Code: I30)

My work focuses on the interactions between infectious diseases, public health policies, social policies, and economic activity. My research also explores mortality inequalities, the determinants of health, and the mechanisms of human capital formation.

Committed to an interdisciplinary approach, I have primarily contributed to the analysis of the joint dynamics between economics and epidemiology, both from empirical and theoretical perspectives, across diverse contexts (in the Global North and South). My work relies on a variety of methods, including secondary data (historical or contemporary), tailored surveys, natural and field experiments, statistical and econometric tools, as well as stylized theoretical models.