Publications

Effect of a pragmatic exercise intervention pilot study on preventing functional and physical decline in hospitalized older adults (2025). Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

Purpose: Although physical activity (PA) has the potential to prevent iatrogenic disability, it is rarely integrated into usual care. …

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How Do Basic Income for Elderly Affect Health of Self-employed? (2025). Economics & Human Biology, 101474.

This study explores how basic income (a non-contributory pension program) for the elderly affects the health of retired workers who …
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Labor Market Institutions, Productivity, and the Business Cycle: An Application to Italy (accepted). European Economic Review.

Enhancing social inclusion among older adults in Côte-des-Neiges: Characteristics and research agenda of a Canadian Living Lab (accepted). Journal of Innovation Management.

Stress and retirement (2024). Economic Modelling, Volume 131, February 2024, 106617.

This paper examines the bidirectional causal relationship between retirement and stress. We use data from the PSID for the period …
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Understanding Cross-Country Differences in Health Status and Expenditures: Health Prices Matter (2023). Journal of Political Economy 131, no. 8 (2023): 1949-1993.

Using a general equilibrium heterogeneous agent model featuring health production, we quantify the contribution of health price in …
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Public Pensions and Low Income Dynamics in Canada (2023). Journal of Pension and Finance. Special Issue 2: Institutional Influences of Retirement, Health and Well- being, April, pages 238 – 263.

This paper focuses on individuals over 50 and shows that considering persistence and low-income dynamics is essential for understanding …
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Implementation, Feasibility, and Acceptability of MATCH to Prevent Iatrogenic Disability in Hospitalized Older Adults: A Question of Geriatric Care Program? (2023). Healthcare 11, no. 8, 1186.

Senior adults (>age 65) represent almost 20% of the population but account for 48% of hospital bed occupancy. In older adults, …
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Social isolation of older adults living in a neighbourhood of Montreal: A qualitative descriptive study of the perspectives of older adults and community stakeholders (2023). Canadian Journal on Aging/La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, pp.1-12.

The purpose of this study was to describe the social isolation of older adults in the Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood (Montreal, Canada) …
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Replacement rates of public pensions in Canada: heterogeneity across socio-economic status (2022). Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de politiques. Vol. 48 Issue S2, November, pages 22-34.

Several income sources can help retirees maintain their welfare and consumption levels once they leave the workforce. One source is …
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Les rendements des compétences sur le marché du travail au Québec : le rôle de la numératie (2022). In B. Dostie et C. Haeck (dir.), Le Québec économique 10: Compétences et transformation du marché du travail. Chapitre 11, pages 231-257.

Ce chapitre vise à estimer la relation entre les compétences en numératie et la rémunération des travailleurs québécois. Pour ce …
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L’emploi et le faible revenu chez les personnes âgées au Canada : le choix d’être travailleur autonome (2022). In Les diversités en emploi : perspectives et enjeux au Québec et au Canada, Éditors Charles Fleury and Aline Lechaume, Presses de l’Université Laval.

Accounting for the Rise of Health Spending and Longevity (2021). Journal of European Economic Association. Vol. 19, Issue 1, February: 536-579.

We estimate a stochastic life-cycle model of endogenous health spending, asset accumulation and retirement to investigate the causes …
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Maintenance of Autonomy Through exercise in Hospital Setting (MATCH): A Feasibility Study (2021). Letter to the Editor in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA), 22(4), pages 873-875.

Background: Physical activity (PA) could countered iatrogenic functional decline during hospitalization. However, PA is poorly …

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Early Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Household Finances in Québec (2020). Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de politiques, Vol. 46, Issue S3, pages S217-S235. October.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic surged in early March 2020, with unemployment reaching historic levels in April 2020. …
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Canadian Gender Gap in Financial Literacy: Confidence Matters (2020). Special Issue on Gender Perspectives in Public Economics of Hacienda Pública Española/Review of Public Economics, 235-(6/2020), 153-182.

We construct a financial literacy index as well as a financial confidence index in order to evaluate the effect of confidence on …
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The Effect of Education on Health: Evidence from National Compulsory Schooling Reforms (2020). Spanish Economics Review. SERIEs, 11, pages 83-103.

This paper sheds light on the causal relationship between education and health outcomes. We combine three surveys (SHARE, HRS and ELSA) …
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Comparing the education gradient in chronic disease incidence among the elderly in six OECD countries (2020). Health Policy. Volume 124, Issue 3, pages 326-335. March.

Inequalities in health by educational attainment are persistent both over time and across countries. However, their magnitudes, …
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Entrepreneurship among Older Workers: International Evidence (2019). In The Handbook of Entrepreneurship and Aging , Editors Orsa Kekezi and Mikaela Backman. Edward Elgar publishing.

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Distribution Effects of Social Security Reforms: the case of France (2019). Canadian Journal of Economics, pages 1289-1320.

This paper assesses the impact of two social security reforms using a calibrated, dynamic life cycle model. It quantifies the long‐run …
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Self-employment, Wealth and Start-up Costs: Evidence from a Financial Crisis (2018). The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, vol. 18(3).

Using individual-level data from three uniquely comparable surveys (Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, English …
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Retirement and Cognitive Functioning: International Evidence (2017). Financial Decision Making and Retirement Security in an Aging World. Éditeurs Olivia S. Mitchell, P. Brett Hammond, et Stephen P. Utkus. Oxford University Press.

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Does Retirement Make you Happy? A Simultaneous Equations Approach (2017). Insights in the Economics of Aging, edited by David A. Wise. University of Chicago Press. NBER Book Series.

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Financial markets and firm size: The role of employment protection laws and barriers to entrepreneurship (2017). Applied Economics, vol. 49 (26), pages 2515-2531.

This article provides evidence on the institutional determinants of firm size for the period 1980–1998. Using a comprehensive …
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Les déterminants du travail autonome au Québec et au Canada (1993-2010) (2016). L’actualité économique, vol. 92(3).

This paper studies the determinants of self-employment in Québec and in the rest of Canada by focusing on liquidity constraints, age …
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Self-employment, Health Insurance, and Return Migration of Middle-Aged and Elderly Mexican Males (2015). Hispanics in the Americas: How do we plan for a aging population in the U.S. and Mexico. Edited by William Vega, Kyriakos Markides, Jacqueline Angel, and Fernando Torres-Gil, Springer Science: New York.

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A Longitudinal Study of Well-Being of Older Europeans: Does Retirement Matter? (2014). Journal of Population Ageing: Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages 21-41.

We examine determinants of financial and subjective well-being, in particular poverty and depression, among older individuals in …
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Financial and Subjective Well-being of Older Europeans (2013). Ch. 12 in Ed. by Börsch-Supan, Axel, Brandt, Martina, Litwin, Howard and Weber, Guglielmo (eds.), Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations in Europe. First Results from SHARE after the Economic Crisis.

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A Health Production Model with Endogenous Retirement (2013). Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 22(8), pages 883-902.

We formulate a stylized structural model of health, wealth accumulation and retirement decisions building on the human capital …
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Les dépenses de santé, la santé et la longévité (2012). In Jean Poirier and Sylvie Rheault (Eds.) Actes de Colloque: Vieillissement ACFAS 2012 Institut de la Statistique du Québec.

Spanish Unemployment and Beveridge Curve shifts (2012). Ch. 5, in Samir Amine (Ed.), Labor Markets: Dynamics, Trends and Economic Impact, Nova Science Publishers.

What Explains the Gender Gap in Financial Literacy? The Role of Household Decision Making (2012). Journal of Consumer Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 46(1), pages 90-106, 03.

Using newly collected data from the RAND American Life Panel, we examine potential explanations for the gender gap in financial …
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Poverty of the Aging Population: a cross-country analysis (2011). Editors Frechet, Guy, Gauvreau, Danielle and Poirier, Jean, Presses de l’Université de Montréal, December.

Business Cycle Comovement and Labor Market Institutions: An Empirical Investigation (2010). Review of International Economics, 18(5), pages 865-881.

This paper examines the empirical link between labor market institutions and international business cycle synchronization. Using a data …
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Spanish Unemployment Persistence and Ladder Effect (2009). In M. C. Fournier and C. S. Mercier (Eds.) in Economics of Employment and Unemployment, Novapublishers.

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Divergence in Labor Market Institutions and International Business Cycles (2009). Annales d’Economie et Statistique, July December, 95/96, pages 279-314.

The paper investigates the international GDP synchronization within the international real business cycle framework (Backus, Kehoe and …
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Le travail indépendant passé 50 ans : le rôle de la richesse individuelle et des coûts de création d'entreprise (2007). Économie et Statistique, number 403-404.

Dans une économie avec contraintes de liquidité, les individus ont plus de difficultés à créer leur entreprise faute d’un …
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Entrepreneurship, Wealth, Liquidity Constraints, and Start-Up Costs (2007). Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, 28(4).

We study the effects of liquidity constraints and start-up costs on the relationship between wealth and the fraction of entrepreneurs …
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Matching Efficiency and Labour Market Reform in Italy: A Macroeconometric Assessment (2007). Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, 21 (1) 57–84.

A matching theory approach is used to assess the impact on the Italian labour market of the 1997 Treu Act (legge Treu), which …
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Matching efficiency and Labour market reforms across Italian Regions (2006). In F. Caroleo, and S. Destefanis (eds.) Regions, Europe and the Labour Market: recent problems and development, Physica Verlag.

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Il mercato del lavoro femminile nel Mezzogiorno (2005). In F.E. Caroleo, E Rustichelli (eds.) Rapporto sul mercato del lavoro nel Mezzogiorno, Parte II, “Monografie sul Mercato del lavoro e le politiche per l’impiego”, n. 12/2005 ISFOL – RP(MDL)-12/05.

Domanda e Offerta – Flussi di lavoro per genere e regione (2005). In A.Amendola, E Rustichelli (eds.) Rapporto sul mercato del lavoro nel Mezzogiorno, Parte I, “Monografie sul Mercato del lavoro e le politiche per l’impiego”, n. 12/2005 ISFOL – RP(MDL)-12/05.

Un nuovo approccio alla misura del mismatch: la funzione di produzione (2004). In A. Mocavini, P.A. Paliotta (eds.) La domanda di lavoro qualificato in Italia, Franco Angeli, Milano.

Curva di Beveridge, mismatch e domanda di lavoro qualificato (2004). In A. Mocavini, P.A. Paliotta (eds.) La domanda di lavoro qualificato in Italia, Franco Angeli, Milano.

Can the Matching Model Account for Spanish Unemployment? (2003). Investigaciones Economicas, 27(2), 277-308.

This paper aims at explaining the dynamics of the Spanish labour market, focussing in particular on the high persistence of …
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Unemployment Persistence and Mismatch (2002). Dissertation thesis, published by UCL Presses Universitaires, September.

Entrepreneurship, Start-up Costs and Employment (2001). European Economic Review, 45 (4-5), 692-705.

We study the effects of business start-up costs on employment, in a model with managers, workers and matching. We show that higher …
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