Prof. Dr. Louis Chauvel
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| Faculty or Centre | Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences | ||||||
| Department | Department of Social Sciences | ||||||
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Université du Luxembourg Maison des Sciences Humaines 11, Porte des Sciences L-4366 Esch-sur-Alzette |
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| Campus Office | MSH, E04 25-260 | ||||||
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| Telephone | (+352) 46 66 44 9618 | ||||||
Louis Chauvel was appointed Professor of Sociology at the Université du Luxembourg in July 2012 as part of the PEARL programme. He was full professor at Sciences Po between 2005-2012 and an Honorary member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF 2003). He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Lille in 1997 and his Habilitation at Sciences Po Paris in 2003. He was Invited Fellow at Berkeley in 2000 and Invited Professor at Columbia University in the City of New York in 2011-2012.
His research topics are Social Inequalities and Public Policies, Social Change, Social Stratification and Mobility, Advanced Methodology of social sciences and population studies. His research mainly focuses on social welfare, income and wealth and social change in a comparative perspective. He has been a Member of the Executive Committee of the International Sociological Association since 2006, was the former General Secretary of the European Sociological Association (2005-7), and the former Treasurer of the French sociological association (AFS) (2002-6). He is a Member of the ISA Research Committee on Social Stratification (RC28) and was chair of the research network “Classes, inequalities, fragmentations” of the AFS.
Last updated on: Wednesday, 06 October 2021
Positions
- Full Professor of sociology at University of Luxembourg FNR-PEARL Professor of Social Inequality
- Invited Professor of sociology at Columbia University in the City of New York (2011-2012)
- Full Professor of sociology at Institut d’Etudes Politiques (“Sciences Po”) de Paris 2005-2012 and Director of the Graduate studies in sociology at the Sciences Po Doctoral School (2008-2011). Before: Lecturer 1998-2005 (Sciences-Po Paris)
- Invited and then Adjunct Professor at Geneva University (Switzerland) 2003-2005
- Member of the University Institute of France (IUF) 2003-2008, currently honorary member
- Research fellow at the Observatoire Sociologique du Changement (OSC – Observatory of Social Change) since 1994
- Research fellow at the Observatoire Français des Conjonctures économiques (French Observatory of Economic Conjunctures) since 1992
- Invited Fellow at UC Berkeley Department of Sociology (August 2000 – October 2000)
Education, grades and competitions
1990 MS of the ENSAE (Diplôme de l’ENSAE), National School of Statistics & Economic Administration
1991 MA of research in Social Sciences (DEA de Sciences Sociales) EHESS – ENS (Paris)
1997 PhD in sociology University of Lille. Très honorable avec félicitations du jury à l’unanimité
(Christian Baudelot, Alexis Ferrand, Michel Forsé (dir.), Yves Grafmeyer, François Héran)
1998 Selected at the CNRS Research Fellow competition, let for a position as Lecturer at Sciences Po Paris
2003 Habilitation – Sciences Po Paris
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Last updated on: 15 Feb 2018
2021
Processus de civilisation, inégalités extrêmes et violence de massein Scheidel, Walter (Ed.) UNE HISTOIRE DES INÉGALITÉS : DE L’ÂGE DE PIERRE AU XXIe SIÈCLE (2021)
Rewealthization in twenty-first century Western countries: the defining trend of the socioeconomic squeeze of the middle class; ; ;
in Journal of Chinese Sociology (2021), 8
Detecting the ‘Black Hole’ of age-period excess mortality in 25 countries: Age-period-cohort residual analysis; ;
in Bell, Andrew (Ed.) Age, Period, and Cohort Effects (2021)
Inequality of educational opportunity differentially impacts women’s and men’s later-life cognitive performance; ;
Scientific Conference (2021, June)
Inequality of educational opportunity at time of schooling predicts cognitive functioning in later adulthood; ;
in SSM - Population Health (2021), 15
Risk of obesity in the United States, 1976-2018: Cohort effects and increasing educational inequalities; ;
Scientific Conference (2021)
Cross-border mobility in European countries: associations between cross-border worker status and health outcomes; ; ; ;
in BMC Public Health (2021)
Socioeconomic and behavioural factors associated with access to and use of Personal Health Records; ; ; ; ; ; ;
in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (2021), 21
2020
The Western Middle Classes under Stress: Welfare State Retrenchments, Globalization, and Declining Returns to Educationin Mir Rossii (2020), 29(4), 85-111
Orienter les soins vers le patient partenaire. Un livre blanc pour la Grande Région; ; ; ; ; ;
Book published by INTERREG APPS (2020)
Core Values that Influence the Patient—Healthcare Professional Power Dynamic: Steering Interaction towards Partnership; ; ; ; ; ;
in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2020), 7(8458),
The patients’ perspective on access to and use of Personal Health Records; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Scientific Conference (2020)
2019
More Necessary and Less Sufficient: An Age-Period-Cohort Approach to Overeducation in Comparative Perspective; ;
in Higher Education (2019)
A cohort perspective on intergenerational mobility and inequality; ;
in Long-term consequences of the Great Recession for stratification, mobility and inequality. Abstracts booklet. (2019)
Income Inequality and the Strength of the Origins-Health Gradient in 20 European Countries; ;
Scientific Conference (2019, September 12)
Intergenerational mobility in Europe: Home ownership as a facet of social reproduction?;
Scientific Conference (2019, March)
Economic inequality and intergenerational socioeconomic persistence: A European test of the Great Gatsby Curve hypothesis;
in Long-term consequences of the Great Recession for stratification, mobility and inequality. Abstracts booklet. (2019)
Income and Wealth Above the Median: New Measurements and Results for Europe and the United States; ; ;
in Decancq, Koen; van Kerm, Philippe (Eds.) What Drives Inequality (2019)
DYNAMICS OF INDIVIDUAL INCOME RANK VOLATILITY: EVIDENCE FROM WEST GERMANY AND THE US; ;
in B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (2019)
The Long-lasting Impact of Inequality of Educational Opportunities on Later-life Cognitive Functioning; ;
Scientific Conference (2019)
2018
The persistence of the gender earnings gap: cohort trends and the role of education in twelve countries; ; ;
in Inequality Matters - LIS newsletter, Issue No. 6 (2018)
More Necessary and Less Sufficient: An Age-Period-Cohort Approach to Overeducation in Comparative Perspective; ;
E-print/Working paper (2018)
The Persistence of the Gender Earnings Gap: Cohort Trends and the Role of Education in Twelve Countries; ; ;
E-print/Working paper (2018)
New methods for income and wealth distribution analysis and LIS/LWS implementation; ;
Presentation (2018, July)
Les “petites classes moyennes” se vivent comme les suivants sur la liste des victimesArticle for general public (2018)
Global inequalities 1980-2050: a microdata oriented simulation – Worldsim; ; ;
Scientific Conference (2018, July 13)
Increasing Inequality in Joint Income and Wealth Distributions in the United States, 1995 to 2013; ; ;
in Conference Online Programme & Papers (2018, May)
Logitrank Based Measures of Joint Income and Wealth Distributions: Inequality in the U.S. and Europe; ; ;
Poster (2018, June)
Overweight and obesity of mid-aged cohorts: Increasing burden, increasing educational inequalities;
in Innovation in Aging (2018, November)
Detecting Public Health crises: APC-Detrended methodology and residuals in a 25-country, 35-year mortality matrix; ;
Scientific Conference (2018, June 09)
„Bréngt et eppes ze studéieren?“ Zur Entwicklung der Erträge von Bildungsinvestitionen in Luxemburg; ;
in Nationaler Bildungsbericht Luxembourg 2018 (2018)
Associations of inequality of educational opportunities and later-life cognitive trajectories; ;
Poster (2018, May 03)
Digital Inequalities in the Use of Self-Tracking Diet and Fitness Apps: Interview Study on the Influence of Social, Economic, and Cultural Factors;
in JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2018), 6(4), 1-13
2017
More Necessary and Less Sufficient: An Age-Period-Cohort Approach to Overeducation in Comparative Perspective; ;
Scientific Conference (2017)
Closing or Persisting Gender Gap? A Cohort Analysis of Education and Wages in the United States and Europe; ;
in Population Association of America - PAA Annual Meeting 2017 (2017)
Dynamics of Income Rank Volatility: Evidence from Germany and the US; ;
E-print/Working paper (2017)
Detecting the "Big Red Spot" of age-period excess mortality in 25 countries: Age-period-cohort residual analysis; ;
in PAA Server (2017, April 28)
A Prey-Predator Model of Trade Union Density and Inequality in 12 Advanced Capitalisms over Long Periods;
in Kyklos : internationale Zeitschrift für Sozialwissenschaften (2017), 70(1), 3-26
Diplomiert und arbeitslos: Zur Arbeitslosigkeit unter Hochschulabsolventen in Luxemburg;
Article for general public (2017)
Increases in well-being in the transition to retirement for unemployed. Catching up with formerly employed persons; ;
in Ageing & Society (2017), online
2016
Le malaise des classes moyennes représente une menace pour la démocratieArticle for general public (2016)
The Intensity and Shape of Inequality: The ABG Method of Distributional Analysisin Review of Income and Wealth (2016), 62(1), 5268
Jeunes générations, inégalités et problèmes sociaux : chômeurs, décrocheurs, Neets, au Luxembourg et chez nos voisinsin Georges, Nathalie; Schronen, Danielle; Urbé, Robert (Eds.) Sozialalmanach Inegalitéiten 2016 (2016)
Between welfare state retrenchments, globalization, and declining returns to credentials: The European middle class under stress;
in 2016 Conference Online Program (2016, May)
Malaise in the Western Middle Classes;
in UNESCO (Ed.) World Social Science Report 2016. Challenging Inequalities: Pathways to a Just World (2016)
Closing or Persisting Gender Gap? A Cohort Analysis of Education and Wages in the US and Europe; ;
Scientific Conference (2016)
Dynamics of income rank volatility: Evidence from Germany and the US; ;
in SOEP2016 Book of Abstracts (2016)
Socioeconomic Hierarchy and Health Gradient: The Role of Income Inequality and Social Origins in Europe;
Scientific Conference (2016, April)
2015
More inequality, less mobility? Economic inequality, intergenerational elasticity and social viscosity in Europe;
Scientific Conference (2015)
Dynamics of income volatility: Evidence from Germany and the US; ;
Scientific Conference (2015, July 15)
Social epidemiology;
in Wright, James D. (Ed.) International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (2015)
Variations of the stratification of health in more and less equal societies: The role of social origins;
Scientific Conference (2015)
Income inequality and health: Age-related health gains for those better-off, in more equal societies;
in Gerontologist (2015), 55(Suppl 2), 459-460
Socioeconomic hierarchy and health gradient in Europe: The role of income inequality and of social origins;
in International Journal for Equity in Health (2015), 14(132), 1-12
The Impact of Cohort Membership on Disposable Incomes in West Germany, France, and the United States;
in European Sociological Review (2015)
The endless baby-boomer generation: Cohort differences in participation in political discussions in nine European countries in the period 1976-2008;
in European Societies (2015), 17(2), 242-278
Increases in well-being after transition to retirement for unemployed. Catching up with formerly employed persons.; ;
E-print/Working paper (2015)
2014
Le destin des générations. Structure sociale et cohortes en France du XXe siècle aux années 2010Book published by Presses Universitaires de France - 2e édition (19 août 2014) (2014)
Moyennisation ou polarisation ? La dynamique des classes moyennes en France dans un monde globaliséin Cahiers français (2014), (378), 21-27
Static and Dynamic Inequalities in Europe: Intergenerational Mobility and Income Inequalities;
Scientific Conference (2014)
Die Grenzen des Ausbildungsexports. Arbeitsmarktchancen Jugendlicher in Südeuropa sind besonders konjunkturabhängig;
in Berufsbildung in Wissenschaft und Praxis (2014), 43(6), 4-5
2013
Les mutations de la société française : les grandes questions économiques et sociales; ;
Book published by La découverte (2013)
Welfare Regimes, Cohorts and the Middle Classesin Gornick, Janet C.; Jäntti, Markus (Eds.) Income Inequality : Economic Disparities and the Middle Class in Affluent Countries (2013)
Stratification Sociale : grandes tendancesin Lau, Elisabeth (Ed.) Etat de la France 2013-2014 (2013)
La dynamique de la stratification socialein Castel, Robert; Chauvel, Louis (Eds.) Les mutations de la société française : les grandes questions économiques et sociales (2013)
Spécificité et permanence des effets de cohorte. Le modèle APCD appliqué aux inégalités de générations, France/États-Unis, 1985-2010in Revue Française de Sociologie (2013), 54(4), 665-705
Specificity and Consistency of Cohort Effects: The APCD Model Applied to Generational Inequalities, France-United States, 1985-2010in Revue Française de Sociologie (2013), 54(4), 663-703
2012
Les raisons de la peur: Les classes moyennes sont-elles protégées de la crise ?in Revue de l'OFCE : Observations et Diagnostics Economiques (2012), 18
2011
Social generations and the transformation of consumptionin Ning, Wang; Davis, D.; Herpin, N. (Eds.) An Exploration into the Sociology of Consumption (2011)
2010
The Long-Term Destabilization of Youth, Scarring Effects and the Future of the Welfare Regime in Post-Trente Glorieuse Francein French Politics, Culture and Society (2010), 23
Les classes moyennes dans la Ve République: de l'expansion économique auy incertitudes socialesin Garrigues, J.; Guillaume, S.; Sirinelli, J.-F. (Eds.) Comprendre la Ve République (2010)
Comparing welfare regime changes: Living standards and the unequal life chances different birth cohortsin Tremmel, J.C. (Ed.) A young generation under pressure ? The financial situation and the "rush hour"of the cohort 1970-1985 in a generational comparison (2010)
Le destin des générations, structure sociale et cohortes en France du XXe siècle aux années 2010Book published by PUF - 1ère édition "Quadrige":2010 (2010)
Overeducation and Social Generations in France: Welfare Regimes and Inter-cohort Inequalities in Returns to Educationin Attewel, P.; Newman, K.S. (Eds.) Growing Gaps: Educational Inequality Around the World (2010)
French Sociology in the Spiral of Holism and Individualismin Patel, Sujata (Ed.) The ISA Hanndbook of Diverse Sociological Traditions (2010)
Comment définir les victimes du changement social cohortal ?in Regards Croisés sur l'Economie (2010), 7
2009
The Transformation of the European class system and the middle classes adriftin Chuning, Li (Ed.) Formation of Middle Class in Comparative Perspective: Process, Influenceand Socioeconomic Consequences (2009)
La Globalcity et ses critiques.Tensions dans l'espace urbain et divisions des classes moyennesin Damon, J. (Ed.) Vire en ville (2009)














