Inspired by the American Economic Association’s John Bates Clark Medal, Le Monde, French daily, and the Cercle des économistes, created the prize in 2000, with a twofold objective: to highlight the work of France’s best young economists (under 41) who have contributed significantly to economic thought and knowledge and to make better known the multiple facets of economic science.

Clément de CHAISEMARTIN is one of three economists, in addition to the laureate, selected by the jury for their work related to applied economics and promoting public debate.

Specialized in economics of education and health economics, and more generally in the field of public policy evaluation, Clément de Chaisemartin is an internationally renowned econometrician. He was nominated for his research which develops new, more robust and transparent public policy evaluation tools, notably natural (or randomized) experiments first pioneered by 2021 Nobel Laureate David Card. Using a comparison between two places, one implementing a policy, e.g. an increase in the minimum wage, while the other does not, fixed effects regression then makes it possible to measure the effect of the policy.

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