Staff Bios
Raquel Fonseca 
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Associate Economist Santa Monica Office |
EducationPh.D. in economics, University of Louvain, Belgium |
ExpertiseMacroeconomics; microeconomics; labor markets |
Policy AreasEconomics of aging; international aspects of health and labor markets |
Recent Projects
- Structural modeling of the health/SES gradient
- Self-employment of older workers; entrepreneurship; international comparisons of labor markets
Selected Publications
"Entrepreneurship, Wealth, Liquidity Constraints, and Start-Up Costs," joint with P.C. Michaud (RAND) and T. Sopraseuth (University of Evry and PSE), Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, Vol. 28, No. 4 (2007).
"Matching Efficiency and Labour Market Reform in Italy," joint with S. Destefanis (CELPE-CSEF, University of Salerno), Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations. 21 (1) 57–84 (2007).
"Can the Matching Model Account for Spanish Unemployment?," joint with R. Muñoz (World Bank) Investigaciones Economicas, vol. 27(2), 277-308 (2003).
"Entrepreneurship, Start-up Costs and Employment," joint with P. Lopez-Garcia (CEP- LSE) and C.A. Pissarides (CEP-LSE). European Economic Review 45 Issues 4-5, 692-705 May (2001).
"Le travail independent passé 50 ans: le role de la richesse individuelle et des coûts de creation d’entreprise," joint with P.C. Michaud (RAND) and T. Sopraseuth (University of Evry and PSE), Economie et Statistique, forthcoming Dec. 2007.
"Matching efficiency and Labour market reforms across Italian Regions," joint with S. Destefanis (CELPE and University of Salerno), in F.Caroleo, S. Destefanis (eds.) Regions, Europe and the Labour Market: recent problems and development, Physica Verlag, (2006).
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