Publications (Refereed Journals)
"Careers and Intergenerational Income Mobility" (2025) American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, with Laliberté, J.W.
"Differences across place in intergenerational income mobility" (2024) Research Handbook on Intergenerational Inequality, Edited by Blanden, J., Erola, J. Kilpi-Jakonen, E., & Macmillan, L., Edward Publishing Ltd., with Connolly, M.
"Examining the Impact of a Change in Maternity Leave Policy in Canada on Maternal Mental Health Care Visits to the Physician" (2024) Archives of Women's Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-024-01448-y, with Larose, M.P., Lefebvre, P. and Merrigan, P.
"La performance en lecture des élèves québécois de 4e année du primaire : comparaison des notes avant et après les fermetures scolaires associées à la pandémie de COVID-19" (2024) Canadian Journal of Education/Revue canadienne de l’éducation, with Côté, S., Collet, O., Sauvé, W. & Larose, S.
"Childhood Behavior Problems and Adverse Economic Outcomes: A 30-Year Population-Based Study of Intergenerational Income Mobility" (2024) Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry. DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13992, with Bégin, V., Vergunst, F., Vitaro, F., Tremblay, R.E., Côté, S.M., and Fontaine, N.M.G.
"Intergenerational income mobility trends in Canada" (2024) Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, 57(1), 5-26, February, with Connolly, M.
"Child Penalties in Canada" (2023) Canadian Public Policy, 49(4), 399-420, with Connolly, M. and Fontaine, M. M.
"Effects of School Disruptions in the Years 2020 and 2021 on the Learning of Quebec Children" (2023) Education Canada, April, with Côté, S. and Larose, S.
“Nonlinear Class Size Effects on Cognitive and Noncognitive Development of Young Children” (2023) Journal of Labor Economics, Special issue for Alan Krueger, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/718328, vol. 40(S1) with Connolly, M.
“Childcare, parental behavior and well-being during childhood” (2022) B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, vol. 22(2), p. 311-360, with Lebihan, L., Lefebvre, P., & Merrigan, P.
“Estimating consumer preferences for different beverages using the BLP approach” (2022) Economics and Human Biology, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2022.101138, vol. 46, with Lawson, N., & Poirier, K.
"Educational choices and labour market outcomes in times of crisis" (2022) Economics of Education Review, 88, article 102234. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2022.102234, with Bourassa-Viau, S. and Garon, J.-D.
"Childcare, parental behavior and well-being during childhood" (2022) The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 22(2), 311–360. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2020-0129, with Lebihan, L., Lefebvre, P. and Merrigan, P.
“Primary School Reopenings and Parental Work” (2022), Canadian Journal of Economics, http://doi.org/10.1111/caje.12566, with Beauregard, P.L., Connolly, M., & Molnár, T. L. ,
"What is the Effect of School Closures on Learning Loss in Canada? A Hypothesis Informed by International Data" (2022) Canadian Journal of Public Health, https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00570-z with Larose, S.
" Understanding and attenuating pandemic-related disruptions: a plan to reduce inequalities in child development " (2022) Canadian Journal of Public Health https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00584-7 with Côté, S.M., Geoffroy, MC., et al.
“Parental Education and the Rising Transmission of Income between Generations" (2022) in Measuring and Understanding the Distribution and Intra/Inter-Generational Mobility of Income and Wealth, edited by Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman, Janet C. Gornick, Barry Johnson, and Arthur Kennickell, (p. 289–316). https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226816043.003.0011, with Connolly, M. & Laliberté, J.W.
"Understanding and attenuating pandemic-related disruptions: a plan to reduce inequalities in child development" (2022) Canadian Journal of Public Health, 113, 23–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00584-7, with Côté, S.M., Geoffroy, M.C., Ouellet-Morin, I., Larose, S., Chadi, N., Zinszer, K., Gauvin, L. and Masse, B.
“The Distribution of COVID-19 Related Risks” (2022) Canadian Journal of Economics, 55(S1), 172–213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/caje.12540, with Baylis, P., Beauregard, P.-L., Connolly, M., Fortin, N., Green, D. A., Gutiéreez-Cubillos, P., Gyetvay, S., Molnár, T. L., Simard-Duplain, G., Sio, H.E., teNyenhuis, M., & Warman, C.
“Childcare Attendance and Academic Achievement at Age 16 years” (2021) JAMA Pediatrics, with Larose, M.P., Ouellet-Morin, I., Barker, E.D., and Côté, S.M.,
“Trends in Cognitive Skills Inequalities by Socioeconomic Status across Canada,” (2021) Canadian Public Policy, vol. 47(1), p. 88-116, https://doi.org/10.3138/cpp.2019-039, with Lefebvre, P.
“Pandemic school closures may increase inequality in test scores” (2020) Canadian Public Policy, Special issue on COVID-19, vol. 46(S1), p. S82-S87, doi:10.3138/cpp.2020-055
with Pierre Lefebvre
“Intergenerational Mobility between and within Canada and the United States” (2019) Journal of Labor Economics, vol. 37(S2), p. S595-S641, with Marie Connolly and Miles Corak
“Paid Parental Leave: Leaner Might Be Better” (2019) Canadian Public Policy, vol. 45 (2), with Pierre Lefebvre, Philip Merrigan and Samuel Paré
"The Value of Terroir: A Historical Analysis of the Bordeaux and Champagne Geographical Indications" (2019) Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 41(4), p. 598-619, with Giulia Meloni and Jo Swinnen
"Universal childcare and long-term effects on child well-being: Evidence from Canada" (2018) Journal of Human Capital, vol. 12(1), p. 38-98, with Laetitia Lebihan and Philip Merrigan
"A Simple Recipe: Estimating the Effect of Prenatal Nutrition Program on Child Health at Birth" (2016) Labour Economics, vol. 41, p. 77-89, with Pierre Lefebvre.
"Canadian Evidence on Ten Years of Universal Preschool Policies: The Good and the Bad” (2015) Labour Economics, vol. 36, p. 137-157, with Pierre Lefebvre and Philip Merrigan.
"Are childcare subsidies good for parental well-being? Empirical evidence from three countries" (2015) CESifo DICE Report, with Marie Connolly.
"The distributional impacts of a universal school reform on mathematical achievements: A natural experiment from Canada" (2014) Economics of Education Review, vol. 41, p. 137-160, with Pierre Lefebvre and Philip Merrigan
"The Internal Economics of a University: Evidence from Personnel Data" (2012) Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 30 (3), p. 591-626, with Frank Verboven.
Book & Book chapters
"La sous-scolarisation des hommes et le choix de profession des femmes" (2023, forthcoming), Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal with Lacroix, R., Montmarquette, C. & Tremblay, R.
"Education during a pandemic: a focus on girls and young women" (2023) Royal Society of Canada, with Foley, K., & Neill Christine
"Parental Education and the Rising Transmission of Income between Generations" (2022) NBER book, "Measuring and Understanding the Distribution and Intra/Inter-Generational Mobility of Income and Wealth" edited by Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman, Janet C. Gornick, Barry Johnson, and Arthur Kennickell, with Connolly, M. & Laliberté, J.W.
"Le Québec économique 10: Compétences et transformation du marché du travail", (2022LI-01, CIRANO). https://doi.org/10.54932/VWWG9940, edited with Dostie, B.
"Le Québec économique 10 - Conclusion - Enjeux du marché du travail et compétences : pistes de réflexion pour le futur", (2022LI-01, CIRANO) with Dostie, B., & Dufour, G.
"Le Québec économique 10 - Introduction - Des compétences pour s’adapter à la transformation du marché du travail", (2022LI-01, CIRANO) with Dostie, B., & Dufour, G.
"Le Québec économique 10 - Chapitre 11 - Les rendements des compétences sur le marché du travail au Québec : le rôle de la numératie", (2022LI-01, CIRANO) with Fonseca, R. & Fontaine, M.
"Le Québec économique 10 - Chapitre 10 - La contribution des universités à la mobilité sociale au Québec", (2022LI-01, CIRANO) with Connolly, M. & Raymond-Brousseau, L.
"Point de vue sur l’accessibilité aux données des administrations publiques" (2020) Québec économique 9, with Marie Connolly
“Taille des classes et résultats scolaires: un effet hétérogène” (2018) Québec économique 7 : Éducation et capital humain, edited by Marcelin Joanis and Claude Montmarquette, Les Presses de l’Université Laval, with Marie Connolly
Vidéos
"How Schools Re-opening after Lockdowns Affected Parents’ Participation in the Workforce" (2024) https://scitube.io/how-schools-re-opening-after-lockdowns-affected-parents-participation-in-the-workforce/, with Beauregard, P.L., Connolly, M., and Molnár, T. L.
"Surdiagnostic du TDAH au Québec" (2023) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeckQ2hEuGw, with Merrigan, P.
"Conséquences de la pandémie sur l’éducation et la santé des enfants" (2022) https://www.wevideo.com/view/2761636316, with Côté, S.
Publications (Refereed Reports)
"Surdiagnostic du TDAH au Québec : impact de l’âge d’entrée à l’école, différences régionales et coûts sociaux et économiques" (2023) CIRANO - 2023RP-08. https://doi.org/10.54932/DTDB7162, with Lefebvre, G., Lefebvre, P. and Merrigan, P.
"Les effets du redoublement sur la réussite scolaire des élèves au Québec : une évaluation économétrique" (2022) Ministère de l’Éducation, Direction de la recherche et de l’analyse économique. https://grch.esg.uqam.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/82/HaeckLacroixSantarossa2022.pdf, with Lacroix, G. and Santarossa, G.
"La taxation des boissons sucrées" (2021)Rapport présenté à l’Institut national de santé publique et au ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux, le 16 février 2021. Groupe de recherche sur le capital humain, ESG-UQAM. http://grch.esg.uqam.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/82/Haeck_Lawson_Poirier_RP2021.pdf, with Lawson, N. and Poirier, K.
"Portrait du prix de la relève professorale en recherche" (2020) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3UeMD7Qn8k
"Trends in Intergenerational Income Mobility and Income Inequality in Canada" (2021) (11F0019M No. 458). Statistique Canada. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11f0019m/11f0019m2021001-eng.htm, with Connolly, M. and Lapierre, D.
“Favoriser l’acquisition en capital humain durant la pandémie : un investissement rentable pour l’emploi et la croissance économique” (2020) CIRANO, Série Pour réflexion, numéro 2020PR-02 with Lacroix, R., and Montmarquette, C.
“Professions et industries : quels sont les risques de transmission de la COVID-19 ? Un outil pour faire face à la deuxième vague ” (2020) CIRANO, Série Perspectives, numéro 2020PE-40 with Beauregard, P.L. and Connolly, M.
“Rapport sur la taxation des boissons sucrées”. Rapport produit pour l’Institut national de santé publique et le Ministère de la santé et des services sociaux (2020) with Lawson, N. & Poirier, K.
“Modélisation des effectifs dans les secteurs de la santé et de l’éducation” (2020) with Marie Connolly
“Étude du lien entre la mobilité intergénérationnelle du revenu et caractéristiques socioéconomiques durant l’adolescence” (2020) with Marie Connolly and Anne-Charlotte Latour
“Les politiques familiales du Québec évaluées à partir des trajectoires de revenus d’emploi des parents et des personnes sans enfant ” (2020) with Marie Connolly et Marie Mélanie Fontaine, Rapport de projet CIRANO, 2020RP-0
“Agir durant la petite enfance : Les retombées économiques” (2019) Report presented to Comité-conseil Agir pour que chaque tout-petit développe son plein potentiel, 26 Septembrer 2019.
“Étude du lien entre la mobilité intergénérationnelle du revenu et le marché du logement au Canada” (2019) Report presented to Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement (SCHL), 28 October 2019, with Marie Connolly
“Social Mobility Trends in Canada : Going up the Great Gatsby Curve” (2018) Statistique Canada for Direction des études analytiques : documents de recherche, 2018, with Marie Connolly and David Lapierre
“Le lien entre la taille des classes et les compétences cognitives et non cognitives” (2018) with Marie Connolly, Rapport de projet CIRANO, 2018RP-18
“État des lieux sur les écarts de revenus entre les parents et les femmes et hommes sans enfant au Québec et dans le reste du Canada” (2017) with Marie Connolly and Marie-Mélanie Fontaine, Rapport de projet CIRANO, 2018RP-07
“Le suivi OLO, un soutien vital pour les bébés, rentable pour la société” (2017) Gynobilis – Bulletin de l’Association des obstétriciens et gynécologues du Québec, Spring 2017 vol. 18 no 1, with Julie Deschamps
“Inégalités de santé et de bien-être à la naissance et durant l'enfance : conséquences et impacts atténuateurs de certaines politiques sociales sur celles-ci” (2016) Rapport de recherche pour le Fonds de recherche société et culture du Québec, with Philip Merrigan and Pierre Lefebvre,
“Inégalités de revenu et santé: dans la tête ou dans les poches?” (2016) L’enjeu des inégalités de revenu, Policy Options, june, with Amélie Quesnel-Vallée and Marie Connolly.
“Étude des bénéfices économiques de Québec en forme” (2016) with Aurélie Côté-Sergent (CIRANO), Stéphanie Boulanger (CIRANO) and Pierre-Carl Michaud (HEC Montreal), Rapport de projet CIRANO, 2016RP-12,
"The university as an internal labour market" (2010) VoxEU.org, with Frank Verboven.
"Alliance ArtQuest International inc.: une étude du risque dans la haute technologie" (2003) HEC Montréal, Cas #9 20 2003 008, with Marie-Hélène Allard, Martin Boyer, and Thomas Bachand.
Submitted papers
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Submitted reports
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Working Papers
"Education and the Intergenerational Transmission of Income in Canada" with Jean-William Laliberté and Marie Connolly, to be presented at the NBER conference in March 2020
"Family policies and the family gap" with Marie Connolly and Mélanie Fontaine
"Maternal Health and Maternity Leave: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Two Canadian Reforms using Health Administrative Data", June 2014, with Pierre Lefebvre and Philip Merrigan.
"The power of the purse: New evidence on the distribution of income and expenditures within the family from a Canadian experiment", July 2013, with Pierre Lefebvre and Philip Merrigan.
"Connecting the dots: The early impacts of increased paid maternity leave on child development", Sep 2014 (première version juin 2011), project waiting for new administrative data from Statistics Canada
Ongoing projects
In 2019, I started a new project with Claude Montmarquette, Robert Lacroix, et Richard Tremblay from the University of Montreal and CIRANO on gender differences in educational.
I have also several ongoing projects started in 2018 and 2019:
“Taxation des boissons sucrées, à quoi peut-on s'attendre au Québec?”, with Krystel Poirier
"Student performance inequality across Canada", with Pierre Lefebvre
“Icestorm, maternal stress and child health at birth”, with Julien Martin
"ADHD and school entry age using insurance data" with Patrick Gagnon
"Numeracy and labor market outcomes" with Raquel Fonseca and Mélanie Fontaine