Èric Roca Fernández
Assistant Professor (HDR)
CERDI, Université Clermont-Auvergne
About Me
I am an economist at CERDI (Université Clermont-Auvergne), where I hold the Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (2025). My research lies at the intersection of economic history and development economics: I study the long-run determinants of economic development, with a current focus on the origins of human capital accumulation.
My work relies on novel data sources combined with causal identification strategies. I also maintain an active interest in the methodological foundations of quantitative economic history.
I teach macroeconomics and economic growth at the undergraduate level, and development economics and research methodology at the Master and Magistère levels. I am co-director of the Analyse Économique du Développement track at the UCA Magistère.
Interests
- Long-run economic development
- Human capital and economic history
- Quantitative methods in historical economics
- Gender economics