Research Team on Inequality
Funded by the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC)
We study the causes and consequences of economic inequality, and how policies affect it. Our work covers inequality in income, earnings, wealth, consumption and more.
Our approach draws on both macroeconomics and microeconomics. We analyse large survey and administrative data sets and macroeconomic models with heterogeneous households and firms, often in combination. → Read our new / published research.
The team brings together nine economists at McGill University, Université de Montréal and UQAM, as well as their graduate students. → Meet the members
New outputs
- Banks, Accounting Standards, and Macroeconomic FluctuationsWorking paper
- Labour Market Tightness, Wage Inequality, and Workplace AmenitiesWorking paper
- Les déterminants sociodémographiques de la prise en charge des personnes âgées en situation de perte d'autonomieCIRANO 2026s-03; CREEi Cahier de recherche 26-01; IRÉ Cahier de recherche 23; TSE Working Paper 26-1720
- Openness to AI in Higher EducationWorking paper
Events
- September 2026Inequality group meeting: Alex Bick (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)Inequality group
- June 2026Inequality group meeting: João Galindo da FonsecaInequality group
- May 2026Montreal Workshop on Markets with FrictionsWorkshop · Montréal
Research axes
Our research programme is organised in three axes that mirror the components of households' disposable income: labour earnings, business income, and taxes and transfers.
- Axis 1Inequality in labour earnings
- 1.1Wage disparity
- 1.2Employment disparity
- Axis 2Entrepreneurship, firms and inequality
- 2.1The dynamics of business income
- 2.2Entrepreneurship and income inequality
- 2.3Worker segregation and wage inequality
- Axis 3The effect of policies and institutions on inequality