There is no research assessment exercise in Canada. Journal rankings are from the 2022 ABDC Journal Quality List used in the context of Australia Research Council (ARC) evaluations and grant making. 

Career:  7 Category A* publications and 17 Category A publications.

Makdissi, P., W. Marrouch, and M. Yazbeck (2025), Monitoring poverty in a data-deprived environment: The case of Lebanon, Review of Income and Wealth, 71 (1), e12708. (ABDC journal ranking A)

Abi Younes, O., L. Dagher,  I. Jamali, and P. Makdissi (2024), Quantifying turbulence: Introducing a multi-crises impact index for Lebanon, Social Indicators Research, 175, 1-24. (ABDC journal ranking A)

Khaled, M., P. Makdissi and M. Yazbeck (2023), On absolute socioeconomic health inequality,  European Journal of Health Economics, 24, 5-25. (ABDC journal ranking A)

Fakih, A., P. Makdissi, W. Marrouch, R. Tabri and M. Yazbeck (2022), A stochastic dominance test under survey nonresponse with an application to comparing trust levels in Lebanese public institutions, Journal of Econometrics, 228, 342-358.  (ABDC journal ranking A*)

Makdissi, P. and M. Seif Edine (2020), Is the elimination of food subsidies the right policy to address Lebanon’s public finance crisis?, Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, 16(2), 20200016. (ABDC journal ranking C)

Abu-Ismail, K., V. Gantner, P. Makdissi and M. Yazbeck (2020), Socioeconomic inequalities in child malnutrition in Egypt, Metron, 78, 175-191. (Special issue A century of inequality measurement) (ABDC journal ranking C)

Khaled, M., P. Makdissi, R. Tabri and M. Yazbeck (2018), A Framework for Testing the Equality Between the Health Concentration Curve and the 45-Degree Line, Health Economics, 27, 887-896. (ABDC journal ranking A*)

Khaled, M., P. Makdissi and M. Yazbeck (2018), Income-Related Health Transfers Principles and Orderings of Joint Distributions of Income and Health, Journal of Health Economics, 57, 315-331. (ABDC journal ranking A*)

Makdissi, P. and M. Yazbeck (2017), Robust Rankings of Socioeconomic Health Inequality Using a Categorical Variable, Health Economics, 26, 1132-1145. (ABDC journal ranking A*)

‪Makdissi, P. and M. Yazbeck (2016), Avoiding Blindness to Health Status in Health Achievement and Health Inequality Measurement, Social Science & Medicine, 171, 39-47. 

Makdissi, P. and M. Yazbeck (2015), On the Measurement of Plutonomy, Social Choice and Welfare, 44, 703-717. (ABDC journal ranking A) 

Makdissi, P. and M. Yazbeck (2014), Measuring Socioeconomic Health Inequalities in Presence of Multiple Categorical Information, Journal of Health Economics, 34, 84-95. (ABDC journal ranking A*)

Duclos, J.-Y., P. Makdissi and A. Araar (2014), Pro-Poor Tax Reforms, With an Application to Mexico, International Tax and Public Finance, 21, 87-118. (ABDC journal ranking B)

Makdissi, P., D. Sylla and M. Yazbeck (2013), Decomposing Socioeconomic Health Inequality in Presence of Multiple Categorical Information, Economic Modelling, 35, 964-968. (ABDC journal ranking A)

Bibi, S., P. Makdissi and M. Yazbeck (2012), Equivalence Scales and Housing Deprivation Orderings: An Example Using Lebanese Data, Applied Economics, 44, 853-866. (ABDC journal ranking A)

Makdissi, P. and Q. Wodon (2012), Gini Decomposition and Gini Income Elasticity Under Income Variability, Bulletin of Economic Research, 64, 184-191. (ABDC journal ranking B)

Makdissi, P. and M. Yazbeck (2011), Assessing the Redistributive Impact of Higher Education Tuition Fees Reforms: The Case of Québec, Applied Economics Letters, 18, 143-147. (ABDC journal ranking B)

Makdissi, P. and M. Audet (2010), La pauvreté chez les jeunes de 0 à 17 ans au Québec: Une perspective comparative, Recherches sociographiques, 51, 103-123. 

Araar, A., J.-Y. Duclos, M. Audet and P. Makdissi (2009), Testing for Pro-Poorness of Growth, With an Application to Mexico, Review of Income and Wealth, ‪55, 853-881. (ABDC journal ranking A)

Audet, M. and P. Makdissi (2009), Assessing the Impact of Historical Changes in Social Protection on Poverty in Canada, Applied Economics Letters, 16, 523-526. (ABDC journal ranking B)

‪Makdissi, P. and Q. Wodon (2009), Can Risk Averse Competitive Input Providers Serve Farmers Efficiently in Developing Countries?, Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, Vol. 7, No. 1, Article 4. (ABDC journal ranking C)

‪Duclos, J.-Y., P. Makdissi and Q. Wodon (2008), Socially-Improving Tax Reforms, International Economic Review, 49, 1505-1537. (ABDC journal ranking A*)

Makdissi, P. and S. Mussard (2008), Analyzing the Impact of Indirect Tax Reforms on Rank Dependent Social Welfare Functions: A Positional Dominance Approach, Social Choice and Welfare, 30, 385-399. (ABDC journal ranking A)

‪Makdissi, P. and S. Mussard (2008), Decomposition of s-Concentration Curves, Canadian Journal of Economics, 41, 1312-1328. (ABDC journal ranking A)

Audet, M., D. Boccanfuso and P. Makdissi (2008), A Model of Horizontal Inequality, Applied Economics Letters, 15, 469-471. (ABDC journal ranking B)

Makdissi, P. and Q. Wodon (2007), Poverty-Reducing and Welfare-Improving Marginal Public Price and Price Cap Reforms, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 9, 683-698. (ABDC journal ranking A)

‪Audet, M., D. Boccanfuso and P. Makdissi (2007), Food Subsidies and Poverty in Egypt: Analysis of Program Reform using Stochastic Dominance, Journal of Development and Economic Policies, 9, 57-79. 

Makdissi, P. and Q. Wodon (2006), Fuel Poverty and Access to Electricity: Comparing Households When They Differ in Needs, Applied Economics, 38, 1071-1078. (ABDC journal ranking A)

Makdissi, P., Y. Therrien and  Q. Wodon (2006), L'impact des transferts publics et des taxes sur la pauvreté au Canada et aux États-Unis, Actualité économique - Revue d'analyse économique, 82, 377-394. 

Audet, M., D. Boccanfuso and P. Makdissi (2006), L'impact de la proposition conservatrice de réforme du financement des services de garde sur la pauvreté et l'inégalité au Québec, Interventions économiques, No. 34, Article 9.

Makdissi, P. and Q. Wodon (2006), Environmental Regulation and Economic Growth under Education Externalities, Journal of Economic Development, 31, 45-51.  (ABDC journal ranking C)

Duclos, J.-Y., P. Makdissi and Q. Wodon (2005), Poverty-Dominant Transfer Programs: The Role of Targeting and Allocation Rules, Journal of Development Economics, 77, 53-73. (ABDC journal ranking A*)  

Duclos, J.-Y. and P. Makdissi (2005), Sequential Stochastic Dominance and the Robustness of Poverty Orderings, Review of Income et Wealth, 51, 63-87. (ABDC journal ranking A)

Duclos, J.-Y., P. Makdissi and Q. Wodon (2005), Poverty-Reducing Tax Reforms with Heterogeneous Agents, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 7, 107-116. (ABDC journal ranking A)

Makdissi, P. and Q. Wodon (2005), The Impact on Farmers of the Privatization of Integrated Agricultural Monopsonies, Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, Vol. 3, No. 2, Article 7. (ABDC journal ranking C)

Duclos, J.-Y. and P. Makdissi (2004), Restricted et Unrestricted Dominance for Welfare, Inequality and Poverty Orderings, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 6, 145-164. (ABDC journal ranking A)

Hung, N. M. and P. Makdissi (2004), Escaping the Poverty Trap in a Developing Rural Economy, Canadian Journal of Economics, 37, 123-139. (ABDC journal ranking A)

Makdissi, P. and C. Téjédo (2004), Un effet externe positif à l'embauche : l'amélioration de la connaissance de la qualité des travailleurs, Revue économique, 55, 93-102. (ABDC journal ranking B)

Cruces, G., P. Makdissi and Q. Wodon (2004), Poverty Measurement Under Risk Aversion Using Panel Data, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Contribution, Vol. 3, No. 1, Article 13. (ABDC journal ranking A)

Makdissi, P. and Q. Wodon (2004) Fuzzy Targeting Indices and Orderings, Bulletin of Economic Research, 56, 41-51. (ABDC journal ranking B)

Makdissi, P. and Q. Wodon (2004), Robust Comparisons of Natural Resources Depletion Indices, Economics Bulletin, Vol. 9, No. 2, 1-9. (ABDC journal ranking C)

Makdissi, P. and Q. Wodon (2004), Measuring Poverty Reduction and Targeting Performance Under Multiple Government Programs, Review of Development Economics, 8, 573-582. (ABDC journal ranking B)

Makdissi, P. and Q. Wodon (2004), Migration, Poverty and Housing in Honduras, Estudios de Economía, 31, 5-20. (ABDC journal ranking C)

Makdissi, P. and Q. Wodon (2003), Risk-Adjusted Measures of Wage Inequality and Safety Nets, Economics Bulletin, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1-10. (ABDC journal ranking C)

Hung, N. M. and P. Makdissi (2003), Infantile Mortality and Fertility Decisions in a Stochastic Environment, Economics Bulletin, Vol. 10, No. 2, 1-9. (ABDC journal ranking C)

Makdissi, P. (2003), La décroissance démographique: Pourquoi pas?, Revue d'économie politique, 113, 403-414. 

Makdissi, P. and Q. Wodon (2002), Consumption Dominance Curves: Testing for the Impact of Indirect Tax Reforms on Poverty, Economics Letters, 75, 227-235. (ABDC journal ranking A)

Makdissi, P. and Y. Groleau (2002), Que pouvons-nous apprendre des profils de pauvreté canadiens?, Actualité économique - Revue d'analyse économique, 78, 2, 257-286. 

Makdissi, P. (2001), Population, ressources naturelles et droits de propriété, Annales d'économie et de statistiques, 61, 91-103.