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Martin Gervais

  • Professor, John Munro Godfrey, Sr. Department of Economics

Education

  • PhD, Economics, The University of Western Ontario, 1999
  • MA, Economics, The University of Western Ontario, 1995
  • MBA, Business, Université Laval, 1993
  • BA, Accounting, Université Laval, 1991

Research Interests

  • Public Finance
  • Housing Market
  • Labor Market
  • Macroeconomics

Publications

Journal Articles

  • The Insurance Implications of Government Student Loan Repayment Schemes, with Qian Liu and Lance Lochner. American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 113 (2), pp. 535—540, May 2023.
  • Optimal Unemployment Insurance in a Directed Search Model, with Reza Boostani and Larry Warren. Economic Inquiry, Vol. 60 (4), pp. 1473—1496, 2022.
  • Student Loan Repayment in Canada, with Qian Liu and Lance Lochner. Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 54 (4), November 2021.
  • Life after Debt: Post-Graduation Consequences of Federal Student Loans, with Nicolas Ziebarth. Economic Inquiry, Vol. 57 (3), pp. 1342-1366, July 2019.
  • What Should I Be When I Grow Up? Occupations and Unemployment over the Life Cycle, with Nir Jaimovich, Henry Siu, and Yaniv Yedid-Levi. Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol. 83, pp. 54—70, October 2016.
  • Technological Learning and Labor Market Dynamics, with Nir Jaimovich, Henry Siu, and Yaniv Yedid-Levi. International Economic Review, Vol. 56 (1), pp. 27—53, February 2015.
  • Optimal Fiscal Policy in the Neoclassical Growth Model Revisited, with Alessandro Mennuni. European Economic Review, Vol. 73, pp. 1—17, January 2015.
  • On the Optimality of Age-Dependent Taxes and the Progressive U.S. Tax System. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 36 (4), pp. 682—691, April 2012.
  • Why Has Home Ownership Fallen Among the Young? with Jonas Fisher. International Economic Review, Vol. 52 (3), pp. 883—912, August 2011.
  • Measuring Consumption Smoothing in CEX Data, with Paul Klein. Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol. 57 (8), pp. 988—999, November 2010.
  • Consumption, Income, and Wealth Inequality in Canada, with Matthew Brzozowski, Paul Klein, and Michio Suzuki. Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 13 (1), pp. 52—75, January 2010.
  • Endogenous Debt Constraints in a Life-Cycle Model with an Application to Social Security, with David Andolfatto. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 32 (12), pp. 3745—3759, December 2008.
  • Uncertainty and the Specificity of Human Capital, with Igor Livshits and Césaire Meh. Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 143 (1), pp. 469—498, November 2008.
  • Who Cares about Mortgage Interest Deductibility? with Manish Pandey. Canadian Public Policy, Vol. 34 (1), pp. 1—24, March 2008.
  • Human Capital Accumulation and Debt Constraints, with David Andolfatto. Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 9 (1), pp. 52—67, January 2006.
  • Housing Taxation and Capital Accumulation. Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol. 49 (7), pp. 1461—1489, October 2002.
  • Optimal Taxation in Life-Cycle Economies, with Andrès Erosa. Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 105 (2), pp. 338—369, August 2002.
  • Optimal Taxation in Infinitely-Lived Agent and Overlapping Generations Models: A Review, with Andrès Erosa. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Economic Quarterly, Vol. 87 (2), pp. 23—44, Spring 2001.

Editorial Appointments

  • Associate Editor, European Economic Review, since 2011
  • Co-Editor, Economic Inquiry, 2014—2018

Prior Professional Positions

  • Associate Professor, University of Iowa, 2011—2018
  • Professor, University of Southampton, 2010—2011
  • Reader, University of Southampton, 2007—2010
  • Assistant Professor, The University of Western Ontario, 2002—2007
  • Assistant Professor, Queen's University, 2001—2002
  • Research Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, 1999—2002