Curriculum Vitae

Jean-Yves Duclos

Professional Address

Department of Economics Phone: (+1 418) 656-7096

Pavillon de Sève Fax: (+1 418) 656 7798
Université Laval Email: jyduc@ecn.ulaval.ca
Québec, QC, Canada, G1V 0A6 www.ecn.ulaval.ca/∼jyves/

Education
1989-1992 Ph.D. in Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science; Title of
thesis: Progressivity, Equity and the Take-up of State Benefits, with Application
to the 1985 British Tax and Benefit System; Supervisor: A.B. Atkinson.
1988-1989 M.Sc. in Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science.
1986-1988 B.A., First-Class Honours in Economics, University of Alberta.
1984-1985 First year of a B.A. in Economics, University of Ottawa.
1982-1984 Diplôme d’études collégiales in sciences, Petit Séminaire de Québec.

Academic Positions
2012- Director, Department of Economics, Université Laval.
2003- Full Professor, Department of Economics, Université Laval.
2005-2008 Director, Centre interuniversitaire sur le risque, les politiques économiques et
l’emploi, CIRPÉE.
2002-2005 Co-director, Centre interuniversitaire sur le risque, les politiques économiques et
l’emploi, CIRPÉE.
1999 Visiting Fellow, School of Economics, University of New South Wales, Sydney,
Australia, (January-July).
1998-2003 Associate Professor, Departement of Economics, Université Laval.
1993-1998 Assistant Professor, Departement of Economics, Université Laval.
1992-1993 Research Officer, Research program on “Public Finance in Transitional
Economies — China and Poland”, STICERD, London School of Economics; Su-
pervisor: Nicholas Stern.
1989-1992 Teacher, London School of Economics; International Economics, Problems of
Applied Economics, Introduction to Economic Policy.

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1989-1992 Research Assistant, STICERD, London School of Economics.
1989 Research Assistant, Department of Economics, Université Laval.
1988 Intern, Department of Financial and Monetary Analysis, Bank of Canada.
1987-1988 Teaching Assistant, Quantitative Economics, University of Alberta.

Other professional responsibilities

Institutional collaboration
Fellow Institute on Aging and Social Participation of the Elderly, IVSPA, 2013-
Coordinator Research program on the economic analysis of social policy SIMUL
Director PEP-Laval Graduate School in Development Economics, 2011-
Research Coordinator Microeconomic measurement and analysis, Partnership for Economic Policy,
PEP, 2012-
Member Management Committee, Partnership for Economic Policy, PEP, 2011-2012.
Network and Program Leader Poverty and Economic Policy International Research Network, PEP,
2002-2011.
Senior Fellow Foundation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI), 2011-
Fellow Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organizations (CIRANO),
2010-
Member Selection committee, Marcel-Dagenais Prize (Société canadienne de science
économique), 2012.
Evaluator Economic Research Forum (ERF) , 2011-2012
Member Program Committee of African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), 2010-
Fellow-in-residence C. D. Howe Institute, 2010-
Quebec Scholar C. D. Howe Institute, 2008-2010.
Co-Founder Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) International Research Network, 2002-
Co-Organizer First conference of the Poverty and Economic Policy research network, Manila,
Philippines, February 22-25, 2003; Second conference of the Poverty and Eco-
nomic Policy research network, Hanoi, Vietnam, November 4-8, 2003; Third
conference of the Poverty and Economic Policy research network, Saly, Senegal,
June 16-20, 2004; Fourth conference of the Poverty and Economic Policy research
network, Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 13-17, 2005; Fifth conference of the Poverty
and Economic Policy research network, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 2006; Sixth
conference of the Poverty and Economic Policy research network, June 11-16,
2007, Lima, Peru; Seventh conference of the Poverty and Economic Policy re-
search network, 6-12 December 2008, Manilla; Eighth conference of the Poverty
and Economic Policy research network, 12-18 June 2010, Dakar, Senegal; Ninth
conference of the Poverty and Economic Policy research network, 5-9 December
2012, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Member Scientific Committee of the international conference “Statistiques sociales, exclu-
sion sociale et pauvreté : perspectives québécoise, canadiennes et internationales”,
Montreal, 30 November – 2 December 2011.
Member Advisory committee of Quebec’s Auditor General.

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Member Scientific Committee, Fourth Conference of the Society for the Study of Eco-
nomic Inequality (ECINEQ), Italy, July 2011.
Local organizer Annual Conference of the Canadian Economics Association, Quebec City, 27-30
May 2010.
Member Scientific Committee of the network Analyse économique et développement
(AED) de l’Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), 2008-
Member Board of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ), 2005-
Resource person African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) biannual conferences (two con-
ferences every year), 1998-
Member Steering committee of Phase I and Phase II, Collaborative project on “Poverty,
Labor Market and Income Distribution”, African Economic Research Consor-
tium, Nairobi, 2000-2007.
Evaluator AXA Research Fund (2010-2011); l’Agence nationale de la recherche (France,
2011); Fonds québécois de recherche sur la société et la culture (2003-2006);
National Science Foundation, USA (2002-2003); Canadian Initiative on Social
Statistics (2002-2009) ; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of
Canada (2000-); Fonds québécois pour l’avancement de la recherche; Centre
québécois de la recherche sociale; Comité d’évaluation des centres de recherche
de la Faculté des sciences sociales, Université Laval (2006-2008); Faculty of social
sciences, University of Ottawa, 2006.
Member Scientific Committee, Workshop on ‘Multidimensional Poverty and “Pro-poor”
Growth in the MENA Countries’, Centre d’Études en Macroéconomie et Finance
Internationale, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis Nice, 11-12 June 2009.
Member Executive Council of the Canadian Economic Association, 2006-2009.
Member Committee on the constitution of the Canadian Economics Association, 2006-
2009.
Member Scientific Committee, Third Conference of the Society for the Study of Economic
Inequality (ECINEQ), Buenos Aires, August 2009.
Member Expert panel of Statistics Canada and Human Resources and Development
Canada on the revision of the Market Based Measure, Gatineau, 25-26 August
2009.
Member Advisory committee on demographic and social statistics, Institut de la Statis-
tique du Québec, 2009-
Member Committee on the organisation of future Canadian Economics Association con-
ferences, 2006-2009.
Member Comité de programme des études graduées du département d’économique, Uni-
versité Laval, 2002-2006; 2009-
Member Scientific Committee of conference on “Income Polarization: Measurement, De-
terminants and Implications”, 26-28 May 2008, Israel.
Resource person Workshop on “Inequality and regional integration in the Arab world”, Cairo,
Egypt, 21-22 November 2008.
President Evaluation committee, FQRSC, 2008.
Member Université Laval’s Social Sciences research committee,2005-2008.
Member Commission municipale sur les finances et les services publics, Ville de Québec,
2007-2008.

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Member Executive committee, Research Centre on poverty and exclusion, Ministère
de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale, Québec, 2006-2009. (Committee re-
port: Prendre la mesure de la pauvreté: Proposition d’indicateurs de pauvreté,
d’inégalités et d’exclusion sociale afin de mesurer les progrès réalisés au Québec.)
Member Executive committee, Défi “Lutte contre la pauvreté” du Conseil supérieur de la
science et de la technologie, Québec, 2005-2008.
Member Scientific Committee, Second Conference of the Society for the Study of Eco-
nomic Inequality (ECINEQ), Berlin, July 2007.
President Société canadienne de science économique, 2006-2007.
Member Scientific Committee of conference on “Liberalization experiences in Asia: A
normative appraisal”, New-Delhi, 12-13 January 2006.
President-elect Société canadienne de science économique, 2005-2006.
Member Scientific Committee, First Conference of the Society for the Study of Economic
Inequality (ECINEQ), Palma de Mallorca, 20-22 July 2005.
Academic adviser Expert Panel on Equalization and Territorial Formula Financing, Government of
Canada, 2005.
Organizer Conference of the Société canadienne de science économique, Montreal, May
2005.
Resource person Conference on “Public Policy and Poverty Reduction in the Arab Region”, IFPRI
and Arab Planning Institute (API), Koweit, April 2004.
Member Strategic committee, La Presse,“Un Québec au travail! Stratégie pour une société
plus prospère”, December 2003-February 2004.
Member Selection committee, Gérard-Parizeau Award, 2004, 2012
Organizer and Trainer Advanced Training Workshop on Public Expenditures, Poverty and Equity,
Dakar, Senegal, 10-14 June 2004.
Co-Organizer “Multidimensional Measurement and Comparisons of Economic Well Being” ses-
sions, International Association for Research on Income and Wealth, Cork, Ire-
land, 22-28 August 2004.
Adviser Cost-benefit analysis, Ministère des Finances du Québec, 2003.
Member Scientific Committee, Journées de Micro-économie appliquée, Québec, June 2000.
Vice president Société canadienne de science économique, 1998-2000.
Co-Organizer Second meeting, Canadian Public Economics Study Group, 4-5 June 1996.

Editorial responsibilities
Member Editorial Board, Canadian Tax Journal/Revue fiscale canadienne, 2013-
Editor-in-Chief Journal of Economic Inequality, 2007-2012.
Co-Editor Journal of Economic Inequality, 2002-2007.
Co-Editor Actualité économique, 1998-2002.
Member Editorial Board, Cahiers Ivoiriens de Recherche Economique et Sociale, Journal
of the Centre Ivoirien de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (CIRES), 2007-
Member Editorial Board, Review of Income and Wealth, 2002-
Member Editorial Board, Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de politiques, 2010-

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Referee Actualité Économique, American Economic Review, Canadian Journal of
Development Studies, Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne
d’économique, Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de politiques, Econometric Re-
views, Econometrica, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Economic
Journal, Economica, Economics Letters, Energy Studies, Éthique Publique, Eu-
ropean Economic Review, International Economic Review, International Statis-
tical Review, International Tax and Public Finance, Investigaciones Económi-
cas, Journal of African Economies, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal
of Applied Statistics, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Journal of
Development Studies, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Economic and So-
cial Measurement, Journal of Economic Inequality, Journal of Health Economics,
Journal of Labour Economics, Journal of Population Economics, Journal of Pub-
lic Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Journal of the American
Statistical Association, Middle East Development Journal, National Tax Jour-
nal, Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, Politics, Philosophy and
Economics, Quantitative Finance, Recherches sociographiques, Review of Eco-
nomics and Statistics, Research on Economic Inequality, Review of Economic
Studies, Review of Income and Wealth, Revue d’Économie du Développement,
Southern Economic Journal, Sri Lankan Economic Journal, World Bank Eco-
nomic Review, World Development.

Distinctions
2012 Harry Johnson Prize (joint with Wen-Hao Chen) for the best article in the Cana-
dian Journal of Economics.
2011 Invited Professor, Centro de Estudios Fiscales, Quito, Ecuador.
2011 Visiting Professor, Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla, Spain.
2009, 2011 Visiting Professor, Centre d’études et de recherche sur le développement inter-
national (CERDI), Université d’Auvergne, France.
2008-2009 Research fellow, Instituto de Análisis Económico, Universitat Autònoma de
Barcelona.
2006 Marcel-Dagenais Prize for best research record between 2000 and 2006, Société
canadienne de science économique.
2000-2001 Research fellow, Instituto de Análisis Económico, Universitat Autònoma de
Barcelona.
1989-1992 Commonwealth Scholarship.
1988-1989 Mackenzie King Travelling Scholarship for Studies in International Economics at
the London School of Economics and Political Science.
1988 Faculty of Arts Honors Prize, University of Alberta.
1988 Archibald Forster McGoon Memorial Book Prize, University of Alberta.
1987 Alberta Energy Company Ltd. Scholarship, University of Alberta.
1987 Duncan Alexander McGibbon Medal in Economics, University of Alberta.
1987 Mary Cameron Douglas Memorial Scholarship, University of Alberta.
1987 Canadian Secretary of State Scholarship.
1986-1988 Dean of Arts’ Honors List, University of Alberta.
1984-1985 Dean of Arts’ Honors List, University of Ottawa.

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Publications

Forthcoming scientific papers

BIBI, S., J.-Y. DUCLOS and A. ARAAR, Mobility, taxation and welfare, forthcoming in Social
Choice and Welfare.

DUCLOS, J.-Y., and A. Zabsonré, Social evaluations when populations differ in size, forthcoming
in Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d’économique.

DUCLOS, J.-Y., P. MAKDISSI and A. ARAAR, Pro-Poor Indirect Tax Reforms, with an Applica-
tion to Mexico, forthcoming in International Tax and Public Finance.

Published scientific papers

COCKBURN, John, Jean-Yves DUCLOS, et Agnès Zabsonré, “Quality and quantity” of lives:
what tradeoff should there be between economic and population growth? Revue d’économie du
développement, vol. 1 (special issue on ‘Development economics, 20 years later’), 149-170.

CLAVET, N.-J., J.-Y. DUCLOS and G. LACROIX (2013), Fighting Poverty: Assessing the Effect of
Guaranteed Minimum Income Proposals in Québec, Analyse de politiques/Canadian Public Policy,
vol. 39, #4, December, 491-516.

KABUBO-MARIARA, Jane, Abdelkrim ARAAR, and Jean-Yves DUCLOS (2013), Multidimen-

sional Poverty and Child Well-being in Kenya, Journal of Developing Areas, vol. 47, # 2, 109-137.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (2013), Review of ‘Debates on the Measurement of Global Poverty’, edited by Sudhir
Anand, Paul Segal and Joseph Stiglitz, Oxford University Press, Oxford, Economica, vol.80, #317,
192-193.

DAVIDSON, R. and J.-Y. DUCLOS (2012), Testing for Restricted Stochastic Dominance, Econo-
metric Reviews, vol. 32, #1, 84–125.

BIBI, Sami, Jean-Yves DUCLOS and Audrey VERDIER-CHOUCHANE (2012), Assessing Absolute
and Relative Pro-Poor Growth, with an Application to Selected African Countries, Economics: The
Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, vol. 6, 2012-7.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. and D. ÉCHEVIN (2011), Health and Income: a Robust Comparison of Canada
and the US, Journal of Health Economics, vol. 30, #2, March, 293-302.

DUCLOS, J.-Y., J. LEBLANC, and D. SAHN (2011), Comparing Population Distributions from
bin-Aggregated Sample Data: an Application to Historical Height Data from France, Economics
and Human Biology, vol. 9, Issue 4, December 419-437.

CHEN, Wen-Hao, and J.-Y. DUCLOS (2011), Testing for Poverty Dominance: an Application to
Canada, Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d’économique, vol. 44, #3, 781-803
Harry Johnson Prize for the best article in the Canadian Journal of Economics.

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DUCLOS, J.-Y. and Audrey VERDIER-CHOUCHANE (2011), Analyzing Pro-Poor Growth in
Southern Africa: Lessons from Mauritius and South Africa, African Development Review, vol. 23,
#2, 121-146.

BIBI, S. et J.-Y. DUCLOS (2011), L’effet des prélèvements fiscaux et des transferts aux particuliers
sur la pauvreté au Québec et au Canada, Analyse de politiques/Canadian Public Policy, vol. 37,
#1, 1-24.

DUCLOS, J.-Y., D. E. SAHN and S.D. YOUNGER (2011), Partial Multidimensional Inequality
Orderings, Journal of Public Economics, vol. 95, # 3-4, 225-238.

ARAAR, A., Y. DISSOU, and J.-Y. DUCLOS (2011), Household Incidence of Pollution Control
Policies: a Robust Welfare Analysis Using General Equilibrium Effects, Journal of Environmental
Economics and Management, vol. 61, 227-243.

BIBI, Sami et DUCLOS, J.-Y. (2010), Y a-t-il plus de pauvreté au Québec qu’au Canada?, Actualité
Économique, vol. 86, #3, 277-318.

BIBI, S. and J.-Y. DUCLOS (2010), A comparison of the poverty impact of transfers, taxes and
market income across five OECD countries, Bulletin of Economic Research, vol. 62 (4), 387-406.

ARAAR, Abdelkrim and Jean-Yves DUCLOS (2010), Poverty and inequality: a micro framework,
Journal of African Economies, 19(3), 357-398.

BATANA, Yélé Maweki and J.-Y. DUCLOS (2010), Testing for Mobility Dominance, Research on
Economic Inequality, vol. 18, 173-195.

DUCLOS, J.-Y., A. ARAAR and J. GILES (2009), Chronic and Transient Poverty: Measurement
and Estimation, with Evidence from China, Journal of Development Economics, 91 (2), March,
266-277.

ARAAR, Abdelkrim, Jean-Yves DUCLOS, Mathieu AUDET and Paul MAKDISSI (2009), Testing
for pro-poorness of growth, with an application to Mexico, Review of Income and Wealth, 55 (4),
December, 853-881.

DUCLOS, Jean-Yves, Bernard FORTIN and Andrée-Anne FOURNIER (2009), An Analysis of Effec-
tive Marginal Tax Rates in Quebec, Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de Politiques, 35 (3), 344-371.

ARAAR, Abdelkrim, and J.-Y. DUCLOS (2009), DAD: A software for poverty and distributive
analysis, Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 34 (2-3), 175-189.

DUCLOS, J.-Y (2009) What is ‘Pro-Poor’ ?, Social Choice and Welfare, vol 32, #1, 37-58.

DUCLOS, J.-Y., B. FORTIN and A.-A. FOURNIER (2008), Une analyse des taux marginaux effec-
tifs d’imposition au Québec, Actualité Économique, 84 (1), 5-46.

DUCLOS, Jean-Yves, Paul MAKDISSI and Quentin WODON (2008), Socially-Improving Tax Re-
forms, International Economic Review, vol. 49, #4, 1507-1539.

DUCLOS, Jean-Yves (2007), Review of “Poverty Measurement: Meanings, Methods and Require-
ments” by Dileni Gunewardena, The Peradeniya Journal of Economics, vol.1, no 1-2, 104-108.

BIBI, S. and J.-Y. DUCLOS (2007), Equity and Policy Effectiveness with Imperfect Targeting,
Journal of Development Economics, 83, #1, 109-140.

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DUCLOS, J.-Y. and P. MAKDISSI (2007), Restricted inequality and relative poverty, Research on
Economic Inequality 14, #12, 255-280.

BIBI, S. and J.-Y. DUCLOS (2007), Poverty-Decreasing Indirect Tax Reforms: Evidence from
Tunisia, International Tax and Public Finance, 14, #2, 165-190.

ARAAR, A. and J.-Y. DUCLOS (2006), An Atkinson-Gini Family of Social Evaluation Functions:
Theory and Illustration Using Data from the Luxembourg Income Study, Public Finance 54, # 3/4,
191-209.

DUCLOS, Jean-Yves (2006), Innis Lecture: Equity and Equality, Canadian Journal of Economics,
39, # 4, 1073-1104.

DUCLOS, J.-Y., D. SAHN et S. YOUNGER (2006), Robust Multidimensional Spatial Poverty

Comparisons in Ghana, Madagascar, and Uganda, World Bank Economic Review, 20, #1, July,
91-113.

DUCLOS, J.-Y., D. SAHN et S. YOUNGER (2006), Robust Multidimensional Poverty Comparisons,

Economic Journal, 116, no 514, October, 943-968.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (2006), Liberté ou égalité?, Actualité Économique, 82, #4, December, 441-476.

ARAAR, Abdelkrim, J.-Y. DUCLOS et François BLAIS (2005), Effets redistributifs d’un régime
d’allocation universelle: une simulation pour le Québec, Actualité Économique 81, #3, septembre,
422-484.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (2005), Review of ’Growth, Inequality, and Poverty: Prospects for Pro-Poor Eco-
nomic Development’, edited by Anthony Shorrocks and Rolph van der Hoeven, Economic Develop-
ment and Cultural Change, 54, #1, 277-280.

BEAULIEU, Nicolas, J.-Y. DUCLOS, Bernard FORTIN et Manon ROULEAU (2005), Intergenera-
tional Reliance on Social Assistance: Evidence from Canada, Journal of Population Economics, vol.
18, #3, September, 539-562.

DUCLOS, Jean-Yves and Damien ECHEVIN (2005), Bipolarization Comparisons, Economics Let-
ters, vol. 87, 249-258.

DUCLOS, Jean-Yves, Paul MAKDISSI and Quentin WODON (2005), Poverty-Efficient Transfer
Programs: the Role of Targeting and Allocation Rules, Journal of Development Economics, vol. 77,
#1, 53-74.

DUCLOS, J.Y., Paul MAKDISSI and Quentin WODON (2005), Poverty-Reducing Tax Reforms
with Heterogeneous Agents, Journal of Public Economic Theory, vol. 7, #1, 107-116.

DUCLOS, J.-Y., and Paul MAKDISSI (2005), Sequential stochastic dominance and the robustness
of poverty orderings, Review of Income and Wealth, vol. 51, #1, 63-88.

BIBI, Sami and J.-Y. DUCLOS (2005), Decomposing poverty changes into vertical and horizontal
components, Bulletin of Economic Research, vol. 57, #2, 205-215.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. and Luc SAVARD (2004), Introduction à un numéro spécial MIMAP sur les poli-
tiques économiques et la pauvreté en Afrique, Revue d’économie du développement, vol. 12, #2,
5-8.

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DUCLOS, J.-Y., Joan ESTEBAN and Debraj RAY (2004), Polarization: Concepts, Measurement,
Estimation, Econometrica, vol. 72, #6, 1737-1772.

ARAAR, A. and J.-Y. DUCLOS, (2003) An Atkinson-Gini family of social evaluation functions,
Economics Bulletin, vol. 3, no. 19, 1-16.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. and P. MAKDISSI (2003), Restricted and unrestricted dominance for welfare, in-
equality and poverty orderings, Journal of Public Economic Theory, vol. 6 , no. 1, 145-164.

DUCLOS, J.-Y., V. JALBERT and A. ARAAR (2003), Classical Horizontal Inequity and Reranking:
an Integrated Approach, Research on Economic Inequality, vol. 10, 65-100.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. and P. GRÉGOIRE (2002), Absolute and Relative Deprivation and the Measure-
ment of Poverty, Review of Income and Wealth, Series 48, no. 4, 471-492.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. and Julie Gingras (2000), A Roadmap for Federal Tax Reform, Canadian Tax
Journal, vol. 48, no. 2, 303-339.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (2000), Comments on “Dynamics of Poverty, Inequality, and Economic Well-
being: African Economic Growth in Comparative Perspective” by Gary Fields, Journal of African
Economies, vol. 9, Supplement 1, June, 79-82.

DAVIDSON, Russell, and J-Y. DUCLOS (2000), Statistical Inference for Stochastic Dominance and
for the Measurement of Poverty and Inequality, Econometrica, vol. 68, no. 6, November, 1435-1465.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. and P.J. LAMBERT (2000), A Normative and Statistical Approach to Measuring
Classical Horizontal Inequity, Canadian Journal of Economics, vol. 33, no. 1, February, 87-113.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (2000), Gini Indices and the Redistribution of Income, International Tax and Public
Finance, vol. 7, 141-162.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. and M. MERCADER (1999), Household Needs and Poverty: With Application to
Spain and the UK, Review of Income and Wealth, Series 45, no. 1, March, 77-98.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (1998), Social Evaluation Functions, Economic Isolation, and the Suits Index of
Progressivity, Journal of Public Economics, vol. 69, no. 1, July, 103-121.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. and M. TABI (1998), Inégalité et redistribution du revenu, avec une application au
Canada, Actualité Économique, vol. 75, no. 1-2-3, 95-122.

BIBI, S. and J.-Y. DUCLOS (1997), Fiscalité indirecte, subsides à la consommation et équité sociale
en Tunisie, Annales d’Économie et de Gestion, vol. 4, no. 8, March, 11-46.

DAVIDSON, R. and J.-Y. DUCLOS (1997), Statistical Inference for the Measurement of the Inci-
dence of Taxes and Transfers, Econometrica, vol. 65, no. 6, November, 1453-1465.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (1997), Measuring Progressivity and Inequality, Research on Economic Inequality,
vol. 7, JAI Press, Greenwhich, Connecticut, 19-37.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (1997), Estimating and Testing a Model of Welfare Participation: The Case of
Supplementary Benefits in Britain, Economica, vol.64, no. 253, February, 81-100.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (1997), The Asymptotic Distribution of Linear Indices of Inequality, Progressivity
and Redistribution, Economics Letters, vol.54, no. 1, 51-57.

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DUCLOS, J.-Y. et M. TABI (1996), The Measurement of Progressivity, with an Application to
Canada, Canadian Journal of Economics, Special Issue, Part I, S165-S170, April.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (1995), Modelling the Take-up of State Support, Journal of Public Economics, vol.
58, no. 3, 391-415, November.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (1995), On Equity Aspects of Imperfect Poverty Relief, Review of Income and
Wealth, Series 41, no. 2, June, 177-190.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (1995), Assessing the Performance of an Income Tax, Bulletin of Economic Research,
vol. 47, no. 2, 115-126.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (1993), Progressivity, Redistribution and Equity, with Application to the British
Tax and Benefit System, Public Finance, vol. 48, no. 3, 350-365.

Unpublished scientific papers

BRESSON, Florent and Jean-Yves DUCLOS, Intertemporal Poverty Comparisons, CIRPÉE Work-
ing Paper # 12-40, 2012.

CLAVET, Nicholas-James, and J.-Y. DUCLOS, Le financement des services de garde des enfants:
effets sur le travail, le revenu des familles, et les finances publiques, CIRPÉE Working Paper #
12-16, 2012.

COCKBURN, John, Jean-Yves DUCLOS, , and Agnès Zabsonré, Is the value of humanity increas-
ing? A critical-level enquiry, Working paper I-13, FERDI, October 2011.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. and Audrey VERDIER-CHOUCHANE, Analyzing Pro-Poor Growth in Southern

Africa: Lessons from Mauritius and South Africa, Working Papers Series # 115, African Develop-
ment Bank, Tunis, Tunisia.

BIBI, S., J.-Y. DUCLOS and Audrey VERDIER-CHOUCHANE, Assessing Absolute and Relative
Pro-Poor Growth: An Application to the MENA Region, Working Papers Series # 111, African
Development Bank, Tunis, Tunisia.

DUCLOS, J.-Y., P. MAKDISSI and A. ARAAR, Pro-Poor Tax Reforms, with an Application to
Mexico, CIRPÉE Working Paper # 10-01, 2010.

ARAAR, Abdelkrim, Jean-Yves DUCLOS, Mathieu AUDET and Paul MAKDISSI (2007), Has
Mexican growth been pro-poor?, Social Perspectives, 9, #1, March, 17-47.

AUDET, Mathieu, Paul MAKDISSI, Abdelkrim ARAAR and Jean-Yves DUCLOS (2007), Pro-poor
food taxation and subsidy reforms in Mexico , Social Perspectives, 9, #1, March, 49-64.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (2002), Vulnerability and Poverty: Measurement Issues for Public Policy, Social
Protection Discussion Paper Series # 0230, Human Development Network, The World Bank.

BLAIS, F. et DUCLOS, J.-Y. (2001), Le revenu de la citoyenneté: Revue des écrits et consultations
des experts, Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Société et la Culture.

DUCLOS, J.-Y., B. FORTIN, G. LACROIX and H. ROBERGE (1996), La dynamique de la par-

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ticipation à l’aide sociale au Québec: 1979-1993, CRÉFA, Department of Economics, Université
Laval.

Other publications and contributions

CLAVET, N.-J., J.-Y. DUCLOS, B. FORTIN, S. MARCHAND et P.-C. MICHAUD (2013), Quebec’s
public health expenditures, 2013-2030: trends and determinants, Note 2013-03 of SIMUL, December.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (2013), Life quantity, life quality and longevity: the need for an intertemporal
evaluation framework, Policy Brief # 79, October, FERDI.

CLAVET, N.-J., DUCLOS, J.-Y., FORTIN, B. et S. MARCHAND (2013), Personal income taxes
and social transfers: long-term forecasts and impact of the 20 November 2012 budget, Note 2013-02
of SIMUL, July.

CLAVET, N.-J., DUCLOS, J.-Y., FORTIN, B. et S. MARCHAND (2013), Retirement income

sources in Quebec, 2004-2030: a microsimulation analysis, Canadian Labour Market and Skills
Researcher Network Working Paper No. 112, April.

CLAVET, N.-J., DUCLOS, J.-Y., FORTIN, B. et S. MARCHAND (2013), Reforming old-age

security: effects and alternatives, Note 2013-01 of SIMUL, February.

CLAVET, N.-J., et DUCLOS, J.-Y. (2012), What is the impact of daycare subsidies on net govern-
ment revenues?, Note 2012-01 of SIMUL, June.

CLAVET, Nicholas-James and Jean-Yves DUCLOS (2012), How to reform the financing of child
care in Quebec, CD Howe Institute, Commentary # 355, July.

CLAVET, N.-J., DUCLOS, J.-Y., FORTIN, B. et S. MARCHAND (2012), Poorer elderly, La Presse,
29 March 2012.

CLAVET, N.-J., DUCLOS, J.-Y., FORTIN, B. et S. MARCHAND (2012), Reforming old-age pen-
sions: effects on public finances and poverty, Le Soleil, 29 March 2012.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (2012), Reforming old-age pensions: effects on public finances and poverty, Blog
of the Association of Quebec Economists (ASDEQ), 27 March.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (2012), What will be the family policy of the new CAQ-ADQ?, Blog of the Asso-
ciation of Quebec Economists (ASDEQ), 15 February.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (2012), What would be the public finance effects of reforming Canada’s Old Age
Security pensions?, Blog of the Association of Quebec Economists (ASDEQ), 7 February.

CLAVET, N.-J., DUCLOS, J.-Y., FORTIN, B. et S. MARCHAND (2012), Proceed with care: Re-
forming Canada’s Old Age Security System, La Presse, 4 Feburary 2012.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (2011), What would be the effects of increasing Quebec’s daycare fees from $7 to
$10?, Blog of the Association of Quebec Economists (ASDEQ), 14 December.

CLAVET, N.-J., DUCLOS, J.-Y., FORTIN, B. et S. MARCHAND (2011), Quebec, 2004-2030 :

a microsimulation analysis, report for the Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des
Organisations (CIRANO), December.

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DUCLOS, J.-Y. (2011), Who gains from subsidized child care?, Blog of the Association of Quebec
Economists (ASDEQ), 16 November.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (2011), UNDP’s Multidimensional poverty index, Working document I-11, FERDI.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. and Audrey VERDIER-CHOUCHANE (2011), Growth, Poverty and Inequality in
Mauritius and South Africa, Africa Economic Brief, vol. 2, #3, April.

ARAAR, Abdelkrim, Sebastian LEVINE and Jean-Yves DUCLOS (2009), Body mass index, poverty
and inequality in Namibia, Paper prepared for the Central Bureau of Statistics, Namibia.

BERNARD, Jean-Thomas and Jean-Yves DUCLOS (2009), Quebec’s Green Future: The Lowest-
Cost Route to Greenhouse Gas Reductions, CD Howe Institute Backgrounder # 118, October.

DUCLOS, J.-Y., ARAAR, A., BIBI, S., BLAIS, F., CLAVET, N.-J., FORTIN, B., LACROIX,
G., LANGLOIS, S., et GARDES, F. (2009), Analyse critique et comparative des programmes et
politiques de lutte contre la pauvreté au Québec, Final report submitted to FQRSC, Programme
d’Action concertée sur “La pauvrété et l’exclusion sociale: Analyse critique et comparative des pro-
grammes et politiques de lutte contre la pauvreté au Québec”, March 2009.

DUCLOS, J.-Y., O’CONNELL, S.A. (2009), Is poverty a binding constraint on growth in Sub-
Saharan Africa?, Framework paper # GPN-04 (Poverty/Growth Nexus Project), African Economic
Research Consortium, Nairobi.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. et S. BIBI (2007), Un budget équitable, vraiment?, Forum section, 31 May 2007,
La Presse.

DUCLOS, J.-Y., (2005), Comment contrer la pauvreté?, Découvrir.

DUCLOS, J.-Y., J. FACAL, C. GODBOUT, R. LACROIX and R. ROYER (2004), Un Québec au

travail! Stratégie pour une société plus prospère, Strategic committee on economic development of
Quebec, La Presse.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (2003), S’affranchir du dogme du déficit zéro (Élections 2003: s’affranchir du dogme
du déficit zéro), Forum section, La Presse.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (2002), Inefficace et inéquitable (La politique familiale au Québec), Forum section,
La Presse.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (2002), L’illusion du déséquilibre (L’illusion du déséquilibre fiscal), Forum section,
La Presse.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (2002), Une alternative radicale (Une alternative radicale: le revenu de citoyenneté),
Forum section, La Presse.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (2001), La croissance protège l’environnement (Le développement économique

peut-il être bénéfique pour l’environnement?), Forum section, La Presse.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (2001), Oublions Keynes (Les budgets de l’automne 2001: les risques de
l’interventionnisme), Forum section, La Presse.

FORTIN, BERNARD, GUY LACROIX and J.-Y. DUCLOS (1999), L’univers de l’aide sociale: les
plus démunis peuvent-ils s’en sortir?, Recherche Sociale, Bulletin of the Conseil québécois de la
recherche sociale, volume 6, no. 1, February.

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DUCLOS, J.-Y. and J. GINGRAS (1999), Mixing it up: Directions for federal tax reform, C.D.
Howe Institute Commentary 126, Toronto, June.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (1992), Freeing up the Labour Market?, Basic Income Research Group Bulletin no.
14, 17-19.

Books

COCKBURN, John, Yazid DISSOU, Jean-Yves DUCLOS and Luca TIBERTI (2013), editors, In-
frastructure and Economic Growth in Asia, Springer.

JOANIS, M., L. GODBOUT and Jean-Yves DUCLOS (2013), editors, Le Québec économique: le
point sur les revenus des Québécois, Presses de l’Université Laval.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. and A. ARAAR (2006), Poverty and Equity: Measurement, Policy and Estimation
with DAD, Springer/Kluwer and IDRC.

Chapters in books

DUCLOS, J.-Y., B. FORTIN et S. MARCHAND (2013), Income sources in Quebec: a 2012-2030

microsimulation exercise, Marcelin Joanis, Luc Godbout and Jean-Yves Duclos, editors, ch. 6 in
Le Québec économique: le point sur les revenus des Québécois, Presses de l’Université Laval, pp.
163-192.

CLAVET, N.-J., J.-Y. DUCLOS, et B. FORTIN (2013), Personal income taxes and social transfers:
a 2012-2030 microsimulation exercise, Marcelin Joanis, Luc Godbout and Jean-Yves Duclos, editors,
ch. 2 in Le Québec économique: le point sur les revenus des Québécois, Presses de l’Université Laval,
pp. 47–80.

CLAVET, N.-J., J.-Y. DUCLOS, B. FORTIN et S. MARCHAND (2012), Demographic changes

in Québec, 2004-2030: a microsimulation analysis, Sylvie Rheault and Jean Poirier, editors, in Le
vieillissement démographique: de nombreux enjeux à déchiffrer , Institut de la statistique du Québec,
pp. 15–30.

DUCLOS, J.-Y.(2011), Methodological issues in comparing poverty across countries, regions and
time, and possible solutions, Guy Fréchet, Danielle Gauvreau and Jean Poirier, editors, in Social
Statistics, Poverty, and Social Exclusion, Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal, Montréal, 281–
284.

BATANA, Yélé Maweki and J.-Y. DUCLOS (2010), Multidimensional poverty among West African
children: testing for robust poverty comparisons, John Cockburn and Jane Kabubo-Mariara, editors,
in Child Welfare in Developing Countries, Springer-IDRC-PEP, New York, 95–122.

BATANA, Yélé Maweki and J.-Y. DUCLOS (2011), Comparing multidimensional poverty with qual-
itative indicators of well-being, Joseph Deutsch and Jacques Silber, editors, in The Measurement of
individual well-being and group inequalities: Essays in memory of Z. M. Berrebi, London, Routledge,
ch. 13, 280-287.

DUCLOS, J.-Y., D. Sahn and S. Younger (2008), Using an Ordinal Approach to Multidimensional
Poverty Analysis, Jacques Silber and Nanak Kakwani, editors, in Quantitative Approaches to Mul-

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tidimensional Poverty Measurement, Palgrave Macmillan, London, chap 14, 244-262.

DUCLOS, J.-Y., (2008), Is the State too generous towards families?, Luc Godbout and Suzie St-
Cerny, editors, in Le Québec, un paradis pour les familles ? Regards sur la famille et la fiscalité,
Presses de l’Université Laval, chap. 7.

DUCLOS, J.-Y.(2007), A Better Income Security System for All Canadians in A Canadian Priorities
Agenda: Policy Choices to Improve Economic and Social Well-Being, edited by Jeremy Leonard,
Christopher Ragan, and France St-Hilaire, Institut de Recherche sur les Politiques Publiques, 233-
266.

DUCLOS, J.-Y., D. Sahn and S. Younger (2007), Robust Multidimensional Poverty Comparisons
with Discrete Indicators of Well-Being, S. Jenkins and J. Micklewright, editors, in Poverty and
Inequality Re-examined, Oxford University Press, chap. 9, 185-208.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (2007), Vertical and Horizontal Equity, Lawrence Blume and Steven Durlauf, edi-
tors, in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd ed, Palgrave Macmillan.

BIBI, Sami, DUCLOS, J.-Y. (2006), Fiscal reforms and poverty reduction: the case of Tunisia, Fouzi
Mourji, Bernard Decaluwé, and Patrick Plane, editors, in Le Développement Face à la Pauvreté,
IDRC, Economica, and AUF, chap.12, June.

DUCLOS, J.-Y., ESTEBAN, Joan, RAY, Debraj (2005), Polarization: concepts, measurement,
estimation, ed. by Christopher B.Barret, in The Social Economics of Poverty, Routledge, New
York, chap. 3, 56-105.

DUCLOS, J.-Y., et M. TABI (2000), Inégalité et redistribution du revenu, avec une application
au Canada, sous la direction de N. Marceau, P. Pestieau et F. Vaillancourt, in Économie Publique,
Presses HEC — Economica, collection Société Canadienne de Science Économique, Montréal, 95-122.

DUCLOS, J-Y., B. FORTIN, G. LACROIX and H. ROBERGE (1999), The Dynamics of Welfare
Participation in Québec, in Women and Work, John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic
Policy, Kingston, Ontario.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (1997), Les tendances et les outils de la redistribution des revenus, ch. 9 in La
réinvention des institutions et le rôle de l’État, 21st ASDEQ Annual Conference.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (1997), On the Efficacy, Efficiency and Equity of State Support in Britain, Meulders,
Daniele, eds., in Budgetary policy modelling: Public expenditures, London and New York, Routledge,
chap. 1, 235-261.

DUCLOS, J.-Y. (1992), Understanding the Take-up of State Benefits Using Micro Data, Paper
presented at the Conference on “Social Security 50 Years After Beveridge” in York, September;
volume 6: The Economics of Social Security, 117-134.

Technological transfer

DUCLOS, J.-Y., A. ARAAR and C. FORTIN (1998-2004), DAD: A Software for Distributive Anal-
ysis, International Development Research Centre, Government of Canada and CIRPÉE, Université
Laval, www.mimap.ecn.ulaval.ca. (5500 users). For reviews of this software, see:
http://w3.ecn.ulaval.ca/ jyves/revised software review zhang.pdf
Http://w3.ecn.ulaval.ca/ jyves/affaireuniversitaires ca.htm

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Http://w3.ecn.ulaval.ca/ jyves/universityaffaires ca.htm

ARAAR, A. and J.-Y. DUCLOS (2007-), DASP: Distributive Analysis for Stata Package,
http://dasp.ecn.ulaval.ca, 3500 users.

ARAAR, A. and J.-Y. DUCLOS (2007-), User Manual for DASP: Version 2.1, PEP, CIRPEE, World
Bank and UNDP.

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