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Expertise

Choice of educational pathways, job search, unemployment insurance, determinants of behaviours affecting fertility and the spacing of births

Biography

A CIRANO Associate Researcher and Fellow since 1999, Christian Belzil is Professor at Paris Polytechnic Institute and ENSAE.

Holding a Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University. His areas of specialization are labour economics, Economics of Education, Micro-econometrics and structural behavioral economics. He studies the dynamics of schooling decisions, the effect of higher education financial aid, the importance of cognitive and non-cognitive skills on life-cycle outcomes, and unemployment insurance and job search behavior. Most of his recent work uses structural microeconometric models.

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CIRANO Publications by Christian Belzil

As an author

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RP

L’effet du coût des études supérieures sur les choix de filières stratégiques, scientifiques et mathématiques au Québec et au Canada

Christian Belzil, Jörgen Hansen and Julie Pernaudet

Skills and Education
RP

Les déterminants cognitifs et non-cognitifs du choix de filière et leur impact sur la phase initiale du cycle professionnel

Christian Belzil, Jörgen Hansen and Julie Pernaudet

Le soutien financier aux études postsecondaires a-t-il un impact sur les choix des jeunes ?

Christian Belzil and Julie Pernaudet

Human Capital, Skills, Education and Social Policies
RP

Les effets à court et moyen terme du soutien financier aux étudiants au Québec et dans le reste du Canada

Christian Belzil and Julie Pernaudet

Education and Social Policies
CS

The evolution of inequality in education trajectories and graduation outcomes in the US

Christian Belzil, Jörgen Hansen and Xingfei Liu

Inequality and Distribution of Income and Education

L’effet du coût des études supérieures sur les choix de filières stratégiques, scientifiques et mathématiques au Québec et au Canada

Les déterminants cognitifs et non-cognitifs du choix de filière et leur impact sur la phase initiale du cycle professionnel

Le soutien financier aux études postsecondaires a-t-il un impact sur les choix des jeunes ?

Les effets à court et moyen terme du soutien financier aux étudiants au Québec et dans le reste du Canada

The evolution of inequality in education trajectories and graduation outcomes in the US

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External Publications

IDEAS/RePEc Publications

Belzil, Christian & Hansen, Jörgen & Liu, Xingfei (2022) - The Evolution of Inequality in Education Trajectories and Graduation Outcomes in the US

Christian Belzil & Jörgen Hansen & Xingfei Liu (2022) - The Evolution of Inequality in Education Trajectories and Graduation Outcomes in the US

Christian Belzil & Arnaud Maurel & Modibo Sidibé (2021) - Estimating the Value of Higher Education Financial Aid: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Belzil, Christian & Pernaudet, Julie & Poinas, François (2021) - Estimating Coherency between Survey Data and Incentivized Experimental Data

Belzil, Christian & Pernaudet, Julie & Poinas, François (2021) - Estimating Coherency between Survey Data and Incentivized Experimental Data

Christian Belzil & Jörgen Hansen (2020) - The evolution of the US family income–schooling relationship and educational selectivity

Christian Belzil & Jorgen Hansen (2020) - The Evolution of the US Family Income-Schooling Relationship and Educational Selectivity

Christian Belzil & Jorgen Hansen (2020) - Reconciling Changes in Wage Inequality with Changes in College Selectivity using a Behavioral Model

Belzil, Christian & Hansen, Jörgen (2020) - Reconciling Changes in Wage Inequality with Changes in College Selectivity Using a Behavioral Model

Belzil, Christian & Hansen, Jörgen (2020) - The Evolution of the US Family Income-Schooling Relationship and Educational Selectivity

All IDEAS/REPEC publications

News

May 24, 2024

Christian Belzil presented the results of his CIRANO study to various ministries

April 1, 2024

Our research community well represented at ASDEQ and SCSE conferences

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Events

As a speaker

November 8, 2021

Webinar : High School Dropouts in Québec: Results and policy simulation

January 30, 2018

Symposium: Launch of the book Le Québec économique 7 : Éducation et capital humain

November 25, 2015

Workshop: Montreal Applied Microeconomics Research Day

CIRANO Projects

Is PISA test score predictive of individual success?

Christian Belzil, Jörgen Hansen, Genevieve Dufour

The effect of the cost of higher education on the choice of scientific and quantitative fields of study in Quebec and Canada

L’effet du coût des études supérieures sur les choix de filières stratégiques, scientifiques et mathématiques au Québec et au Canada - Publié le March 4, 2025

Christian Belzil, Jörgen Hansen, Julie Pernaudet

Modeling of cognitive and non-cognitive determinants of pathway choice and their impact on the initial phase of the professional cycle

Les déterminants cognitifs et non-cognitifs du choix de filière et leur impact sur la phase initiale du cycle professionnel - Publié le May 21, 2024

Christian Belzil, Jörgen Hansen, Julie Pernaudet, Genevieve Dufour

Education, Labour Market

Dropouts in Quebec and the rest of Canada: results and public policy simulations

Le décrochage scolaire au Québec : Résultats et simulation de politiques - Publié le August 27, 2021

Jörgen Hansen, Christian Belzil, Arezoo Banihashem, Raphael Jananji

Education

The long-term effects of student financial assistance

Les effets à court et moyen terme du soutien financier aux étudiants au Québec et dans le reste du Canada - Publié le October 23, 2023

Christian Belzil, Raicho Bojilov, Julie Pernaudet

Education, Human Capital

Future to Discover (FTD)

Christian Belzil, Raicho Bojilov, Julie Pernaudet

Education