Élise Huillery is a French economist. She is a member of the Council of Economic Analysis. She studied at Paris-Sorbonne University and HEC Paris, and the Paris School of Economics. She teaches economics at the University of Paris-Dauphine, and Sciences Po. She works in several economic fields: development economics, the economics of education, and the history of economics. Her PhD thesis at worked on the economic analysis of French colonialism. She is a member of Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab.