Welcome to my website!

I am an applied microeconomist and postdoctoral fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. I received my PhD from the Toulouse School of Economics. 

My research interests lie primarily in the fields of public and gender economics. In my work, I combine rich microdata with causal inference techniques and structural models.

In my research in empirical public economics, I study the welfare impacts of government policies such as universal childcare provision and environmental programs. This work notably explores the extent to which sufficient-statistics approximations of welfare effects can be applied to non-marginal reforms and develops structural approaches to address their limitations.

In gender economics, beyond childcare programs, I also studied veiling and the economic participation of Muslim women in France, as well as gender differences in the intergenerational transmission of violence victimization.

I also contribute to improving reproducibility and transparency in economics research through my involvement with the Institute for Replication.

You can contact me at: sebastien.montpetit[at]utoronto.ca