[1] He was formerly the director of ENSAE ParisTech and the Center for Research in Economics and Statistics.
He received a PhD from the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in 1992.
His doctoral advisor was François Bourguignon, who was the former Chief Economist of the World Bank from 2003 to 2007.
From 1986 to 1990, Salanié worked for the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, before becoming professor of ENSAE and rising to its director.
"[3] Salanié has published widely in the field of microeconomic theory and applied econometrics, and his current research focuses on insurance, methods for policy evaluation, and the economics of the family.