Claire Lelarge

Claire Lelarge is a Professor of Economics at Paris-Saclay University and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).

Prior professional roles include:

• French Statistical Institute
• French Ministry for Industry
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• CREST (Insee)
• French Central Bank

Her research specializes in firms' dynamics and organizational strategies, with core focus areas:

• Labour Economics (wage setting, minimum wage effects)
• Organizational Economics (internal firm structure, communication costs)
• Industrial Organization (technology adoption, firm responses)
• International Trade (input sourcing, productivity implications)

Analysis of her 2015-2023 publications reveals consistent examination of how technological change, trade policies, and infrastructure investments reshape firm organization. Key themes include minimum wage impacts on productivity, robotics-driven labor market shifts, and communication technology effects on multi-plant firms, all analyzed through microeconomic frameworks and large-scale firm-level datasets to derive policy-relevant insights.