FACULTY STAFF

Profile

Qualifications

PhD, MA Economics, Cornell (USA)
Dipl. Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (France)

Experience

Before joining Leeds University Business School in May 2001, Virginie Pérotin was a Senior Research Economist at the International Labour Office in Geneva (Switzerland). In the past, she has held research positions at the London School of Economics and the Centre d'Etude des Revenus et des Coûts (CERC), a research centre of the French Prime Minister's Office in Paris. Prof. Pérotin has also acted as a consultant to the World Bank, the OECD and the European Commission on issues of profit-sharing, employee ownership and employee involvement schemes. She is a member of the Council of the International Association for the Economics of Participation and of the editorial board of Economic Analysis.

Research

Comparative empirical research on the effects of firm ownership and governance on performance; public, private and third sector comparisons; employee ownership and profit sharing; worker cooperatives and social enterprises; firm creation and closure; human rights at work.

Current projects:
Provider Diversity in the NHS: Impact on Quality and Innovation, and Evaluation of Community Foundation Trust Programme, with colleagues from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (leading the projects) and Bristol University.  Funded by the UK Department of Health’s Reform Evaluation Programme.  These projects examine possible differences in performance between public, private for-profit and nonprofit healthcare providers and the factors that affect their entry and growth.

Compared Behaviour of Labour-Managed and Conventional Firms in collaboration with Paris-II University (France) and the University of Mondragon (Spain) funded by Spanish Basque government.

In the past Virginie Pérotin has also been awarded research and other grants by institutions including the Fulbright Foundation, the ESRC and CNRS, the Leverhulme Trust, the European Commission's Human Capital and Mobility fund and the French Ministry of Labour.

Teaching

MIS Quantitative Research Methods, MA
Business Economics, Undergraduate Level 2
Comparitive Economics, MA

Publications

Journal Articles

"Privatisations: le libéralisme à l'épreuve du marché", Economie et Humanisme, Nov.-Dec. 1986, pp. 24-38.

"Conditions of survival and closure of French worker cooperatives: Some preliminary findings", Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms, vol.2, 1987, pp. 201-224.

"The regulation of British and French nationalised industries" (with S. Estrin), European Economic Review, 31, 1987, pp. 361-367.

"Cooperatives and participatory firms in he UK" (with S. Estrin), International Review of Applied Economics, Vol. 1, No 2, 1987, pp. 152-175.

"Does ownership always matter?" (with S. Estrin), International Journal of Industrial Organization, 1991, pp. 55-72.

"Actionnariat des salariés et participation aux résultats de l'entreprise.  Une introduction", Reflets économiques luxembourgeois, 1993.

"Expériences anglo-saxonnes d'actionnariat salarié: les ESOP aux Etats-Unis et en Grande-Bretagne", Revue des études coopératives, mutualistes et associatives, 48, 1993, pp. 33-43.

"Quelles sont les entreprises qui adoptent l'intéressement?", Problèmes économiques, No 2372, 20 April 1994, pp. 24-28.

“Is profit-sharing the answer?” (with A. Robinson), New Economy, June 1997, pp. 112-116.

“Profit-sharing in OECD countries: A review and some evidence” (with S. Estrin, A. Robinson and N. Wilson), Business Strategy Review, Vol. 8, No 4, 1997, pp. 27-32.

“Profit sharing and productivity: Evidence from Britain, France, Germany and Italy” (with A. Robinson), Advances in the Economic Analysis of Labor-Managed and Participatory Firms, Vol. 6, 1998, pp. 135-160.

“The effects of profit-sharing schemes on enterprise performance in France” (with F. Fakhfakh), Economic Analysis, 3, 2000, pp. 93 - 112.

“Employee participation and equal opportunities practices: Performance effects and potential complementarities”, (with A. Robinson), British Journal of Industrial Relations, 38, 2000, pp. 557 - 583.

“The voluntary sector, jobs and social policy:  Illusions and opportunities”, International Labour Review, 140, 3, 2001, pp. 327-362.

“Secteur associatif, création d’emplois et politique sociale: promesses ou illusions?”, Revue Internationale du Travail, 140, 3, 2001, pp. 381-421.

“Sector voluntario, creación de empleo y política social.  Ilusiones y oportunidades”, Revista Internacional del Trabajo, 120, 3, 2001, pp. 381-423.

"Equal opportunities practices and performance in small and large enterprises: An investigation on Australian and British data", (with A. Robinson and J. Loundes), International Labour Review, 142, 4, 2003.

“Igualdad de oportunidades y productividad empresarial.  Investigación comparada de Australia y Reino Unido”, (with A. Robinson and J. Loundes), Revista Internacional del Trabajo, 122, 4, 2003, pp. 519-555.

“Politiques d’égalité des chances et résultats de l’entreprise: étude comparative de la situation en Australie et au Royaume-Uni”, (with A. Robinson and J. Loundes), Revue Internationale du Travail, 142, 4, 2003, pp. 509-546.

“Early coop survival: The liability of adolescence”, Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms, Vol. 8, 2004, pp. 67-86.

“Entry, exit and the business cycle: Are cooperatives different?”, Journal of Comparative Economics, 34, 2, June 2006, pp. 295-316.

Guest Editorship

Employee Participation, Firm Performance and Survival (with A. Robinson), Vol. 8 of Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms, 2004, Elsevier-North Holland.

Chapters and Reports

"Le clivage des générations", ch. 9 in Les Français et leurs revenus : Le tournant des années 80. Document du CERC No 94.  Paris: La documentation française and La Découverte, 1989, pp. 227-248.

"Croissance et répartition des revenus" (with S. Ponthieux), in J.L. Faure (ed.) Constat de l'évolution récente des revenus en France (1987-1990), Document du CERC No 100.  Paris: La documentation française, 1991, pp. 7-26.

"Croissance et répartition des revenus" (with S. Ponthieux) in L. Cretin (ed) Constat de l'évolution récente des revenus en France (1988-1991), Document du CERC No 103.  Paris: La Documentation française, 1992, pp. 7-28.

"Croissance et répartition des revenus" (with S. Ponthieux) in L. Cretin (ed) Constat de l'évolution récente des revenus en France (1989-1992), Document du CERC No 107.  Paris: La Documentation française, 1993, pp. 7-28.

"Profit-sharing revisited: Miracle cure or mirage?" (with S. Estrin and N. Wilson), background paper prepared for the OECD's Employment Outlook, mimeo, 1995.

“Avant-propos”, ch. 1 in IPSE, Le partage du profit en Europe.  Institutions et effets comparés.  Paris: La Documentation française, 1997, pp. 7-14.

“Effets sur l’efficience productive” (with A. Robinson), ch. 7 in IPSE, Le partage du profit en Europe.  Institutions et effets comparés.  Paris: La Documentation française, 1997, pp. 253-268.

“What is corporate social responsibility?  An introduction to the debate”, background paper for Corporate Social Responsibility Report, Working Conditions Branch, ILO, 1997, 45 pp.

“Assessing the incidence of socially responsible enterprise programmes”, background paper for Corporate Social Responsibility Report, Working Conditions Branch, ILO, 1998, 67 pp.

“The revival of the voluntary sector, jobs and social policy: Illusions and opportunities”, Cross-Departmental Analysis and Reports Team, ILO, 1999, 46 pp.

“Gender issues in productivity”, in ILO, Gender.  A Partnership of Equals, ILO, Geneva, 2000.

“Why are there so few democratic firms?  Entry, exit and the problem of entrepreneurship”,  forthcoming in Essays in Honor of Jaroslav Vanek (ed. by F. Rivera-Batiz).

“An introduction to profit-sharing and to the book”, ch. 1 forthcoming in V. Pérotin and A. Pendleton (eds) The Impact of Profit-Sharing in Europe, Edward Elgar.

“Productivity” (with A. Robinson), ch. 9 forthcoming in V. Pérotin and A. Pendleton (eds) The Impact of Profit-Sharing in Europe, Edward Elgar.

“France: Weitzman under state paternalism?” (with F. Fakhfakh) in M Brown and J Heywood (eds) Paying for Performance: An International Comparison, ME Sharpe, 2002, pp. 90 - 114.

“Employee participation in ownership and profit.  A review of the issues and evidence” (with A. Robinson), European Parliament Working Paper, No. SOCI109EN, Social Affairs Series, Directorate-General for Research, European Parliament, 2003.

"Participation aux bénéfices et actionnariat salarié: les éléments du débat" (with A. Robinson), Document de Travail du Parlement Européen, n° SOCI109FR, Série Affaires sociales, Direction générale des Etudes, Parlement Européen, 2003.

"Arbeitnehmerbeteiligung an Gewinn und Kapital: Überblick über Fragen und Befunde" (with A. Robinson), Arbeitsdokument, SOCI109DE, Generaldirektion Wissenschaft, Europäisches Parlament, 2003.

“Equal opportunities policies and performance in small and medium-sized enterprises.  An investigation on British and Australian data” (with A. Robinson and J. Loundes), background paper for World Report on Discrimination prepared by the Infocus Programme for the Promotion of the Declaration on Fundamental Rights at Work, International Labour Office, Geneva, 2002.

“Equal opportunities and productive efficiency in the workplace: Fainess, employee participation and the firm” (with A. Robinson) in D. Coffey and C. Thornley (eds.), Industrial and Labour Market Policy and Performance.  Issues and Perspectives, Routledge, 2003, ch.9, pp. 146-157.

 “Equal Opportunities Practices and Enterprise Performance:  An Investigation on Australian and British Data” (with A. Robinson and J. Loundes), DECLARATION Working Paper No 14, ILO, Geneva, 2003.

"The voluntary sector, job creation and social policy : Illusions and opportunities" reprinted from International Labour Review in Working for Better Times: Rethinking Work for the 21st Century edited by JM Servais, P Bollé, M Lansky et C Smith, Brookings Institution, 2007.

“Workplace change and productivity: Does employee voice make a difference?” (with F. Fakhfakh and A. Robinson, forthcoming in Negotiating Decent Work (Palgrave Macmillan, edited by S Hayter, ILO) in 2010.