Olivier is Professor of Economics at the University of Bordeaux and member of the Institut Universitaire de France. His research covers topics in development, public and labor economics. He has been associate editor of the Journal of Economic Inequality and coeditor of the book series Research in Labor Economics. Former member of the Council of Economic Advisors to the French Prime Minister, he has been expert for several international organizations and ministries on social, fiscal and labor market policies. He is the coordinator of the project HOPE (Understanding Human Well-being and Behaviour for better Policies & Societies), one of the 'broad research programs' funded by IDEX Bordeaux. He was researcher at IZA in 2004-06.