Welcome to my website!
I’m an Assistant Professor of Economics at Brown University.
Previously, I was a postdoc at Princeton (2022-2023) and earned my PhD from Toulouse School of Economics.
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You can find my CV here.

‍Research areas: Macroeconomics, Inequality, Entrepreneurship, and Trade.
‍Contact: agaillard[at]brown.edu
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Working PAPERS
Consumption, Wealth, and Income Inequality: A Tale of Tails, with C. Hellwig, P. Wangner, and N. Werquin.
October 2023; Revise and Resubmit at the Quarterly Journal of Economics

Unemployment Insurance Generosity and Self-Employment, with S. Kankanamge [SSRN] [Appendix]
April 2025; This paper supersedes: “Gross Labor Market Flows, Self-Employment, and Unemployment Insurance”.

Inequality, Business Cycles, and Growth: A Unified Approach to Stabilization Policies, with P. Wangner    [Appendix]
December 2022 -- New version coming soon!

Wealth, Returns, and Taxation: A Tale of Two Dependencies, with P. Wangner [Appendix] [NBER SI slides]
November 2023 -- New version coming soon!

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Published and Accepted Papers

Trade, Value Added, and Productivity Linkages: A Quantitative Analysis, with F. de Soyres [Appendix]
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Conditionally Accepted in March 2025.

From Unemployment to Self-Employment: An Evaluation of the SEA Programs, with S. Kankanamge [WP] [Appendix]
Journal of Labor Economics, Accepted in August 2024; Forthcoming.

Supply Disruptions and Fiscal Stimulus: Transmission through Global Value Chains, with F. De Soyres, A. M. Santacreu, D. Moore
AEA: Papers and Proceedings, May 2024

Global Trade and GDP Comovement, with F. de Soyres
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, May 2022


Older Working Papers in Revision
Buying and Selling Business Assets, with S. Kankanamge, June 2020


Work In Progress

The Dynamics and Persistence of Poverty, with C. Hellwig, P. Wangner, N. Werquin‍

What is Measured in National Accounts? with F. de Soyres and H. Young 
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