Areas of Interest:

• Applied economics
• Demography
• Social protection systems
• Pension funds and Investments
• Insurance and Savings

Education:

• Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches,University Paris Dauphine, 2004
• Ph.D., Economics, University Paris-Dauphine, 1997
• MPhil., International Economics, (Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies), University Paris-Dauphine, 1993
• M.A. , International Economics and Finance, University Panthéon- Sorbonne (Paris 1). 1992

Experience:

• Professor of economics, University Paris Dauphine and research fellow: ERF (Economic Research Forum), EMNES and NETSPAR - Present.
• Board member of the Moroccan Central Bank and Chairman of the Social Funds Steering Committee, March 2020 - Present.
• Scientific council member, the Financial Market Authority (AMMC, Morocco), September 2019 - Present. 
• Director Master International Economics and Development and co-director Master International Management Multi-campus (Morocco), University Paris Dauphine-PSL, Present 
• Visiting Researcher, Oxford University, United Kingdom, Jan. 2012- Jan. 2019 
• Consultant, World Bank (Pension systems in MENA region), United States, 2005-2006 
• Economic Advisor, French Ministry of Social Affairs, DREES, France (Saving and pension reforms), 2001-2005

Latest Publications:

• El Mekkaoui and al.,  EMNES team, COVID-19 IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND AFRICA: DIAGNOSIS, POLICY RESPONSES, PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT AND WAY FORWARD, EMEA-EMNES Study. April 2020 
• Forouheshfar Y., El Mekkaoui N., d’Albi H., Demographics in MENA Countries: A Major Driver for Economic Growth, De Economist, January 2020. CNRS
• d’Albis H., C. Bonnet, X. Chojnicki, N. El Mekkaouide Freitas, A. Greulich, Who pays for the consumption of young and old? Population and Development Review, 45(1), 103-132, March, 2019
• d’Albis H., Badji I., El Mekkaoui de Freitas N., Navaux J., Private asset income in France: Is there a breakdown of intergenerational equity between 1979 and 2011? The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2017