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Expertise

Macroeconomics, inequality, taxation, growth theory, firm dynamics, entrepreneurship, structural change, macroeconomics of labour markets

Biography

A CIRANO Researcher and Fellow since 2008, Markus Poschke is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at McGill University.

Holding a Ph.D. in Economics from the European University Institute, his research interests are in macroeconomics broadly, in particular inequality, taxation, growth theory, firm dynamics, entrepreneurship, structural change, and the macroeconomics of labour markets.

He received the Bank of Canada's Governor's Award in 2018. Institut universitaire européen

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CIRANO Publications by Markus Poschke

As an author

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Inégalités de richesse Québec-Ontario : une comparaison par cohortes

Raquel Fonseca, Markus Poschke and Simon Lord

Inequality and Distribution of Income
PR

L’évolution et la composition de la richesse des ménages Québécois

Raquel Fonseca and Markus Poschke

Economic and Fiscal Policy
RP

Quelques réformes progressives des taxes à la consommation

David Leung and Markus Poschke

Taxation and Fiscal Policy
RP

Progressive consumption tax reforms

David Leung and Markus Poschke

Inequality and Poverty
RP

Le Québec devrait-il augmenter les taxes à la consommation?

David Leung and Markus Poschke

Covid-19 and Taxation and Fiscal Policy

Inégalités de richesse Québec-Ontario : une comparaison par cohortes

L’évolution et la composition de la richesse des ménages Québécois

Quelques réformes progressives des taxes à la consommation

Progressive consumption tax reforms

Le Québec devrait-il augmenter les taxes à la consommation?

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News

June 2, 2025

Two Major Economics Conferences Highlight CIRANO Researchers

November 7, 2023

CIRANO's research community involved in a wide-ranging consultation by the Quebec Ministry of Finance

May 2, 2023

Florian Mayneris organizes the session « Public policies, housing and urban transformations » at the 62nd annual conference of the SCSE

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Events

As a speaker

Upcoming

September 17, 2025

Launch cocktail for the 2025-2026 thematic year

Past

April 29, 2024

First conference on New Research and Policy Perspectives on Inequality and Poverty

November 16, 2023

External Activity : Virtual Roundtable " Inequality Labour Market Power in the Post-Pandemic Period"

May 8, 2023

External Activity : ACFAS 2023 - symposium Inequality and Poverty : How Evidence-Based Data can Inform Public Policies

October 13, 2022

Workshop - Economic Challenges of Demographic Inequalities

March 17, 2022

Webinar : Should Quebec raise consumption taxes ?

November 18, 2021

Workshop: Joint Montreal Macro Brownbag

November 29, 2019

Workshop: Joint Montreal Macro Brownbag

Events

As an organizer

April 30, 2018

Workshop: Montreal Workshop on Markets with Frictions

April 29, 2019

Workshop: Montreal Workshop on Markets with Frictions

May 4, 2020

[CANCELLED] Workshop: Montreal Workshop on Markets with Frictions

May 5, 2017

Workshop: Montreal Workshop on Markets with Frictions

October 27, 2023

2023 Montreal CIRANO-CIREQ Workshop on Markets with Frictions

May 8, 2023

External Activity : ACFAS 2023 - symposium Inequality and Poverty : How Evidence-Based Data can Inform Public Policies

May 2, 2025

2025 CIRANO-CIREQ Workshop on Markets with Frictions

CIRANO Projects

Education and workforce development: two essential levers for boosting productivity and reducing inequality

Nathalie De Marcellis-Warin, Benoit Dostie, Fabian Lange, Raquel Fonseca, Markus Poschke, Genevieve Dufour, Carole Vincent

The effect of inadequate labor supply and demand on recruitment and unemployment in Quebec

Fabian Lange, Markus Poschke, Brennan McLachlan

Wealth Inequality in Quebec and Ontario: An Intergenerational Comparison

Inégalités de richesse Québec-Ontario : une comparaison par cohortes - Publié le June 5, 2025

Raquel Fonseca, Markus Poschke

Should Quebec raise consumption taxes?

Le Québec devrait-il augmenter les taxes à la consommation? - Publié le January 28, 2022

Markus Poschke, David Leung

Taxation and Fiscal Policy

Macroeconomic and distributional consequences of tax reform in Quebec

Quelques réformes progressives des taxes à la consommation - Publié le April 12, 2023

Markus Poschke, David Leung

Taxation and Fiscal Policy