About

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at The Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia. I study neighborhoods, neighborhood changes, and how they impact their residents. I also work on various topics in labor economics.

You can find my full CV here.

Fields

Labor Economics, Urban Economics, and Public Economics.

Education

PhD Economics, 2020-present - University of British Columbia

MA Economics, 2020 - Queen's University

BSc Economics, 2018 - Université du Québec à Montréal



News

23/02/2024:
Draft available for Gentrification, Displacement, and Income Trajectory of Incumbent Workers

15/02/2024:
Outreach video by SciTube on our paper Primary School Reopenings and Parental Work

20/12/2023:
I was on Radio Canada BC/Y to go over major economic events in BC in 2023. Catch my intervention. [French]

29/11/2023:
I was on Radio Canada BC/Y to discuss the economic update by the Minister of Finance. Catch my intervention. [French]

08/11/2023:
Draft available for A Welfare Analysis of Family Policies: Lessons From a Large Childcare Reform in Canada

Working Paper

A Welfare Analysis of Universal Childcare: Lessons From a Canadian Reform
with Sébastien Montpetit and Luisa Carrer 

   Awarded the Best Paper Prize 2024 (runner-up) of the Canadian Labour Economics Forum
Media: Le Devoir, Radio Canada | Featured: Policy Impacts, childcarepolicy.net

Gentrification, Displacement, and Income Trajectory of Incumbent Workers

 Work in progress

Why Do Union Jobs Pay More? New Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data
with Thomas Lemieux, Derek Messacar, and Raffaele Saggio

The Pathways to Homelessness
with Victor Couture, Jeffrey Hicks, and David Green 

Immigrant Neighborhood Formation: Evidence from Canadian Cities
with Pablo Valenzuela-Casasempere

Published work

Primary School Reopenings and Parental Work” (2022), Canadian Journal of Economics,
with Marie Connolly, Catherine Haeck and Tímea Molnár

The Distribution of COVID-19 Related Risks” (2022) Canadian Journal of Economics
with Patrick Baylis, Marie Connolly, Nicole Fortin, David Green, Pablo Gutiérrez, Samuel Gyetvay, Catherine
Haeck
, Tímea Molnár, Gaëlle Simard-Duplain, Henry Siu, Maria teNyenhuis and Casey Warman

"Managing Immigration in the Canadian Federation: The Case of Quebec" (2020) In: Samy Y., Duncan H. (eds) International
Affairs and Canadian Migration Policy. Canada and International Affairs. Palgrave Macmillan
with Alain-G Gagnon and Jean-Denis Garon

Policy work

"Professions et industries : quels sont les risques de transmission de la COVID-19? Un outil pour faire face à la deuxième vague"
(2020) Série perspective CIRANO 2020PE-40
with Marie Connolly and Catherine Haeck