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Public economics, language issues economics, human resources

Biography

A CIRANO Researcher and Fellow since 2004, François Vaillancourt is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Economics at the Université de Montréal.

Holding a Ph.D. in Economics from Queen's University, he has published numerous texts in the field of public policy, particularly on intergovernmental financial relations, taxation and language policies.

He was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 2009. Since 2000, he has been the Fulbright Canadian Research Scholar in Kennesaw in 2007, visiting professor at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies in Atlanta in 2007 and 2009, visiting professor at the FUCaM (Mons, Belgium, 2006) and visiting professor at the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan (Paris, 2006 and 2008). During the 1990s, he was a visiting scholar at the University of Toronto (1991) and the Australian National University (1991), a Shastri lecturer in India (1993) and a visiting scholar at the Institute of European Studies (Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1994). He was also a research coordinator for the MacDonald Commission (1983-1986) and assistant director of the journal Canadian Public Policy-Policy Analysis (1986-1995). He has acted as a consultant for various national (including CIDA, House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, Séguin Commission, Law Reform Commission of Canada, Conseil de la Fédération, Conseil de la langue française du Québec, CSST, Finance Canada, Federal Expert Group on Equalization Reform, Office of the French Language, Statistics Canada and Auditor General of Canada) and international (AFD, World Bank, IMF, OECD, UNDP) organizations. He has worked in 31 countries on intergovernmental financial relations issues (taxation, transfers) and provided training in this area for the African Tax Institute, the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, the World Bank, the IMF, and the Hague Academy for Local Governance.

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CIRANO Publications by François Vaillancourt

As an author

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Le partage du financement des services de l’agglomération de Montréal en 2020: État des lieux, analyse et éléments de comparaison

Jean-Philippe Meloche and François Vaillancourt

Public Finance
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Le Québec économique 10 - Chapitre 8 - Le rendement d’un diplôme universitaire au Québec en 2015 : taux individuels et sociaux

Claude Montmarquette, Brigitte Milord and François Vaillancourt

Skills and Labour Market
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Le Québec économique 10: Compétences et transformation du marché du travail

Genevieve Dufour, Benoit Dostie, Catherine Haeck, Jimmy Jean, Hélène Bégin, Joëlle Noreau, Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin, Ingrid Peignier, Jean-Claude Cloutier, Mia Homsy, Simon Savard, Ugo Ceppi, Yves Fortier, Fabian Lange, Robert Gagné, Jonathan Deslauriers, Jonathan Paré, Claude Montmarquette, François Vaillancourt, Brigitte Milord, Nicholas-James Clavet, Pierre-Carl Michaud, Julien Navaux, Marie Connolly, Lucie Raymond-Brousseau, Raquel Fonseca, Marie Mélanie Fontaine, Luc Bissonnette, Charles Roy, Mikhael Deutsch-Heng, Luc Godbout, Suzie St-Cerny, Michaël Robert-Angers, Sylvie St-Onge, Ali Béjaoui, Camille Sauvé-Plante, Roxane Borgès Da Silva, Marie-Claire Ishimo, Régis Blais, Marjolaine Hamel, Carl-Ardy Dubois, William Arbour, Guy Lacroix, Steeve Marchand, Brahim Boudarbat and 40 other authors

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Densification ou prolongement des réseaux de transport structurants ? Une recension des écrits sur les coûts et les bénéfices attendus

Jean-Philippe Meloche, Vincent Trotignon and François Vaillancourt

Municipal Affairs, Sustainable Development, Infrastructures and Transport
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Le rendement privé et social de l’éducation universitaire au Québec en 2015

Claude Montmarquette, François Vaillancourt and Brigitte Milord

Human Capital, Skills, Inequality and Distribution of Income, Education, Labour Market and Human Resources

Le partage du financement des services de l’agglomération de Montréal en 2020: État des lieux, analyse et éléments de comparaison

Le Québec économique 10 - Chapitre 8 - Le rendement d’un diplôme universitaire au Québec en 2015 : taux individuels et sociaux

Le Québec économique 10: Compétences et transformation du marché du travail

Densification ou prolongement des réseaux de transport structurants ? Une recension des écrits sur les coûts et les bénéfices attendus

Le rendement privé et social de l’éducation universitaire au Québec en 2015

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News

November 7, 2022

Luc Godbout, Jean-Philippe Meloche and François Vaillancourt at the Forum on Municipal Taxation

October 15, 2021

François Vaillancourt receives the Doctor Honoris Causa distinction from the University of Geneva

February 25, 2020

Brahim Boudarbat and François Vaillancourt, members of the Scientific Orientation Committee of the "États généraux du livre en langue française dans le monde"

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Events

As a speaker

January 20, 2023

G3 Symposium on Fiscal Federalism and Social Protection in Canada

September 27, 2022

En avant math! Forum

June 13, 2022

Challenges and promises of tax reform

May 11, 2022

61st Annual Meeting of the Société canadienne de science économique

May 4, 2022

CRJ-INRS symposium on university graduates

March 15, 2022

Launch of the activities of Québec économique 10: Compétences et transformation du marché du travail

October 22, 2019

Symposium: 40 Years of Bill 101 in Quebec - Five Experts' Views

September 11, 2019

Seminar: Financing Quebec Public Schools from a Comparative Perspective - Property Taxes and Small, Remote or Declining Schools

April 25, 2019

Conference CIRANO 25years: CIRANO 25 Years Conference

November 8, 2018

Conference: Economic Evaluation of Language Policies - Some Observations

February 23, 2018

Seminar: Appropriateness of Transfers for the Needs of Municipalities - A few Thoughts on the Stakes of Equity and Efficiency

November 17, 2017

Inaugural Seminar of the Year of Education (2017-2018) at CIRANO

Events

As an organizer

October 22, 2019

Symposium: 40 Years of Bill 101 in Quebec - Five Experts' Views

April 25, 2019

Workshop: Formula Apportionment and Taxation in Federal Settings

CIRANO Projects

The socio-economic impact of international students' participation in post-secondary education in Quebec

Ali Béjaoui, François Vaillancourt, André Lemelin, Genevieve Dufour, Véronique Robichaud

Education, Immigration, Human Capital

Barriers and Incentives to the Adoption of Innovative Technologies in the Quebec Mining Sector: A Focus on Investor Decision-Making in an ESG Context

François Vaillancourt, Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin, Ingrid Peignier, Molivann Panot, Thomas Gleize, Uther De Charbon

Innovation

Assessment of the Reform of Borough Financing

Jean-Philippe Meloche, François Vaillancourt

Public Finance

Study on the implementation of eco-fiscal tools for conservation and adaptation to climate change in the St. Lawrence Lowlands

Jean-Philippe Meloche, Jérôme Dupras, Andrew Gonzalez, Justin Leroux, François Vaillancourt, Arnaud Dragicevic

Economic study on the financial incentive for francization

Brahim Boudarbat, François Vaillancourt

Immigration, Education, Labour Market

Gains in skills and financial costs of upgrading the various nursing programs in Quebec

Roxane Borgès Da Silva, François Vaillancourt, Jolianne Bolduc, Yann Arnaud

Health, Education, Human Resources

Densification or extension of structuring transportation networks? A review of the literature on costs and expected benefits

Densification ou prolongement des réseaux de transport structurants ? Une recension des écrits sur les coûts et les bénéfices attendus - Publié le May 31, 2021

Jean-Philippe Meloche, François Vaillancourt

Infrastructures, Transport, Municipal Affairs

The private and social returns to university education in Quebec in 2015: focus on mathematics

Le rendement privé et social de l’éducation universitaire au Québec en 2015 - Publié le April 12, 2021

François Vaillancourt, Claude Montmarquette, Genevieve Dufour

Education

Municipal Pricing in Quebec: Assessment and Prospects

La tarification municipale au Québec : Bilan et perspectives - Publié le May 4, 2020

François Vaillancourt, Jean-Philippe Meloche, Jérémy William

Public Finance, Taxation and Fiscal Policy, Municipal Affairs

The financing of elementary and secondary education in Quebec: principles, interjurisdictional comparisons and examination of the Quebec case

Le financement des écoles publiques québécoises dans une perspective comparative - La fiscalité foncière et les écoles petites, éloignées ou en déclin - Publié le June 11, 2019

François Vaillancourt, Jean-Philippe Meloche, Stéphanie Boulenger

Education, Public Finance

Adequacy of transfers to the needs of municipalities: some thoughts on the challenges of equity and efficiency

Adéquation des transferts aux besoins des municipalités. Quelques réflexions sur les enjeux d’équité et d’efficacité - Publié le February 23, 2018

François Vaillancourt, Jean-Philippe Meloche, Brigitte Milord, Stéphanie Boulenger

Municipal Affairs