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Raquel FonsecaSanta Monica Office Associate Economist EducationPh.D. in economics, University of Louvain |
Research Focus
Macroeconomics; microeconomics; labor markets; economics of aging; international aspects of health and labor markets
RAND Research Areas
Recent Projects
- Structural modeling of the health/SES gradient
- Self-employment of older workers
- Entrepreneurship
- International comparisons of labor markets
Selected Publications
R. Fonseca, P.C. Michaud and T. Sopraseuth, "Entrepreneurship, Wealth, Liquidity Constraints, and Start-Up Costs", Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, 28(4), 2007
R. Fonseca, P.C. Michaud and T. Sopraseuth, "Le travail independent passé 50 ans: le role de la richesse individuelle et des coûts de creation d'entreprise", Economie et Statistique, 2007
R. Fonseca and S. Destefanis, "Matching Efficiency and Labour Market Reform in Italy,", Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, 21(1) 57-84, 2007
R. Fonseca and S. Destefanis, Matching efficiency and Labour market reforms across Italian Regions, in Regions, Europe and the Labour Market: recent problems and development,, Physica Verlag, 2006
R. Fonseca and R. Muñoz, "Can the Matching Model Account for Spanish Unemployment?", Investigaciones Economicas, 27(2) 277-308, 2003
R. Fonseca, P. Lopez-Garcia and C.A. Pissarides, "Entrepreneurship, Start-up Costs and Employment", European Economic Review, 45(4-5) 692-705, 2001
Research Focus
Labor economics; health economics; applied econometrics; economics of aging; international aspects of health and labor markets
RAND Research Areas
Recent Projects
- Structural modeling of the health/SES gradient
- Retirement behaviour
- Poverty and well-being
- Gender gaps
- Self-employment of older workers
Selected Publications
Raquel Fonseca, Lise Patureau, and Thepthida Sopraseuth, Divergence in Labor Market Institutions and International Business Cycles, RAND Corporation, 2008
Raquel Fonseca, Fabrice Collard, and R. Muñoz, "Spanish Unemployment Persistence and Ladder Effect", Economics of Employment and Unemployment, 2008
Raquel Fonseca, Lise Patureau, and Thepthida Sopraseuth, Business Cycle Comovement and Labor Market Institutions: An Empirical Investigation, RAND Corporation, 2007
Raquel Fonseca and Natalia Utrero, Employment protection-laws, barriers to entrepreneurship, RAND Corporation, 2007
R. Fonseca, P-C. Michaud, and T. Sopraseuth, "Entrepreneurship, Wealth, Liquidity Constraints, and Start-up Costs", Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, 28(4), 2007
R. Fonseca, P-C. Michaud, and T. Sopraseuth, "Le travail independent passé 50 ans: le role de la richesse individuelle et des coûts de creation d'entreprise", Économie et Statistique, (Dec) 403-404, 2007
R. Fonseca, S. Destefanis, "Matching Efficiency and Labour Market Reform in Italy", Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, 21(1) 57-84, 2007
R. Fonseca, T. Sopraseuth, Welfare Effects of Social Security Reforms across Europe: The Case of Italy and France, RAND Corporation, 2007
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