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Pierre-Carl Michaud
Researcher at HEC Montréal
Publications - 149
Citations - 3683
Pierre-Carl Michaud is an academic researcher from HEC Montréal. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Health and Retirement Study. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 137 publications receiving 3156 citations. Previous affiliations of Pierre-Carl Michaud include Institute for the Study of Labor & Université du Québec.
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Optimal Financial Knowledge and Wealth Inequality
Annamaria Lusardi,Annamaria Lusardi,Pierre-Carl Michaud,Olivia S. Mitchell,Olivia S. Mitchell +4 more
TL;DR: It is shown that financial knowledge is a key determinant of wealth inequality in a stochastic life cycle model with endogenous financial knowledge accumulation, where financial knowledge enables individuals to better allocate lifetime resources in a world of uncertainty and imperfect insurance.
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Optimal Financial Knowledge and Wealth Inequality.
TL;DR: This article showed that financial knowledge is a key determinant of wealth inequality in a stochastic life cycle model with endogenous financial knowledge accumulation, where financial knowledge enables individuals to better allocate lifetime resources in a world of uncertainty and imperfect insurance.
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Substantial Health And Economic Returns From Delayed Aging May Warrant A New Focus For Medical Research
Dana P. Goldman,David M. Cutler,John W. Rowe,Pierre-Carl Michaud,Jeffrey Sullivan,Desi Peneva,S. Jay Olshansky +6 more
TL;DR: Overall, greater investment in research to delay aging appears to be a highly efficient way to forestall disease, extend healthy life, and improve public health.
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Obesity and health in Europeans aged 50 years and older.
TL;DR: Cross-country differences in the prevalence of obesity in older Europeans are substantial and exceed socio-demographic differentials in excessive body weight, with effects similar across countries.
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Health and Wealth of Elderly Couples: Causality Tests Using Dynamic Panel Data Models
TL;DR: Strong evidence of causal effects from both spouses' health on household wealth and an effect of the husband's health on the wife's mental health are found, but no other effects from one spouse's health to health of the other spouse are found.