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Pierre-Carl Michaud

Pierre-Carl Michaud

Santa Monica Office

Economist

Education

Ph.D. in economics, Tilburg University; M.Sc. in economics, HEC Montreal; B.A. in business administration, HEC Montreal

Research Focus

Labor economics; health economics; economics of aging; applied econometrics

RAND Research Areas

Workforce and Workplace

Recent Projects

  • Integrated Retirement Models NIA R01 (Arie Kapteyn, PI), 2007-2012
  • Stated preferences for Joint Retirement, Supplement to P01 AG022481 (Arthur van Soest, PI), 2007-2010
  • Estimation of Potential Eligibility for Low-Income Subsidies Under Medicare Part D (Lynn Karoly, PI) sponsored by Social Security Administration, 2007-2008
  • Understanding the Economic Consequences of Shifting Trends in Population Health (Dana Goldman, Co-PI), 2007-2008

Selected Publications

Lakdawalla, D., D. Goldman, P.-C. Michaud, N. Sood, R. Lempert, Z. Cong, H. de Vries, I. Gutierrez, "U.S. Pharmaceutical Policy in a Global Marketplace", Health Affairs, 28(1) w138-w150, 2009

Michaud, P.-C. , A. van Soest, "Health and Wealth of Elderly Couples: Causality Tests using Dynamic Panel Data Models", Journal of Health Economics, 27(5) 1312-1325, 2008

Michaud, P.-C. A., van Soest, "How Did the Elimination of the US Earnings Test above the Normal Retirement Age Affect Labour Supply Expectations?", Fiscal Studies, 29(2) 197-231, 2008

Michaud, P.-C., van Soest, A. and T. Andreyeva, "Cross-Country Variation in Obesity Patterns among Older Americans and Europeans", Berkeley Press Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 10(2) Article 8, 2007

Michaud, P-C., and D. Vencatachellum, "Human Capital Externalities in South Africa", Economic Development and Cultural Change, 51(3), 2003

Michaud, P.-C., K. Tatsiramos, "Fertility and Female Employment Dynamics in Europe: The Effect of Using Alternative Econometric Modeling Assumptions", Journal of Applied Econometrics (forthcoming)

Goldman, D., Y. Zheng, F. Girosi, P.-C. Michaud, S.J. Olshansky, D. Cutler and J. Rowe, "The Benefits of Risk Factor Prevention in Americans Aged 51 and Older", American Journal of Public Health (forthcoming)

Brunello, G., P.-C. Michaud and A. Sanz-de-Galdeano, "The Rise of Obesity Across The Atlantic", Economic Policy (forthcoming)

Honors & Awards

  • Eugene Garfield Economic Impact of Health and Medical Research Award awarded by Research in America and the University of Chicago

Research Focus

Labor economics; health economics; applied econometrics; economics of aging; public health

RAND Research Areas

Workforce and Workplace

Recent Projects

  • Integrated modeling of joint retirement decisions using revealed and stated preference data
  • Structural modeling of the health/SES gradient
  • Pharmaceutical innovation and health
  • Obesity research

Selected Publications

Lakdawalla, D., D. Goldman, P.-C. Michaud, N. Sood, R. Lempert, Z. Cong, H. de Vries, I. Gutierrez, "U.S. Pharmaceutical Policy in a Global Marketplace", Health Affairs, 28(1) w138-w150, 2009

Michaud, P.-C. , A. van Soest, "Health and Wealth of Elderly Couples: Causality Tests using Dynamic Panel Data Models", Journal of Health Economics, 27(5) 1312-1325, 2008

Michaud, P.-C. A., van Soest, "How Did the Elimination of the US Earnings Test above the Normal Retirement Age Affect Labour Supply Expectations?", Fiscal Studies, 29(2) 197-231, 2008

Michaud, P.-C., van Soest, A. and T. Andreyeva, "Cross-Country Variation in Obesity Patterns among Older Americans and Europeans", Berkeley Press Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 10(2) article 8, 2007

Michaud, P-C., and D. Vencatachellum, "Human Capital Externalities in South Africa", Economic Development and Cultural Change, 51(3), 2003

Michaud, P.-C. and K. Tatsiramos, "Fertility and Female Employment Dynamics in Europe: The Effect of Using Alternative Econometric Assumptions", Journal of Applied Econometrics (forthcoming)

Goldman, D., Y. Zheng, F. Girosi, P.-C. Michaud, S.J. Olshansky, D. Cutler and J. Rowe, "The Benefits of Risk Factor Prevention in Americans Aged 51 and Older", American Journal of Public Health (forthcoming)

Brunello, G., P.-C. Michaud and A. Sanz-de-Galdeano, "The Rise of Obesity Across The Atlantic", Economic Policy (forthcoming)

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