I am an assistant professor of economics at the University of Ottawa and an IZA research affiliate. My research interests are in macroeconomics and labor economics. My replication material is available at https://github.com/jcrechet.
Publications
A model of risk sharing in a dual labor market. Journal of Monetary Economics vol. 147, October 2024.
Heterogeneity in labor mobility and unemployment flows across countries. European Economic Review vol. 155, June 2023.
Survey non-response in Covid-19 times: the case of the Labour Force Survey, with Pierre Brochu. Canadian Public Policy 48, no. 3, September 2022. [online appendix] [media: The Globe and Mail]. Runner-up of the 2022 Vanderkamp Prize.
Working papers
Life-cycle worker flows and cross-country aggregate employment, with Etienne Lalé and Linas Tarasonis. IZA DP no. 16878 (2024). [updated November 2024 version]. Revision requested, Journal of Monetary Economics.
Labour-market flows and worker trajectories in Canada during COVID-19, with Pierre Brochu and Zechuan Deng. CLEF WP no. 32 (2020). Revisions requested, PLOS ONE.
Why don't firms hire young workers during recessions? A replication of Eliza Forsythe (Economic Journal, 2022). With Jing Cui, Barbara Sabada, and Antoine Sawyer. Institut For Replication (I4R) DP no. 163 (2024). Revisions requested, Journal of Comments and Replications in Economics.
Screening, churning, and worker flows in a dual labour market, with Félicien Goudou (2024).
Mass Reproducibility and Replicability: A New Hope. With Abel Brodeur, Derek Mikola, Nikolai Cook (and 404 other coauthors). IZA DP no. 16912 (2024).
ECO 7925 - PhD macroeconomic theory II (2 credits, co-taught with Yazid Dissou)
ECO 6120/6520 - Macroeconomic theory IV (2 credits, co-taught with Yazid Dissou)
ECO 6193/6593 - Advanced topics in labour economics
Non-academic
Indice précurseur Desjardins : un outil amélioré pour mieux prévoir les cycles économiques du Québec. Bégin, Hélène, Paul Zaporzan, François Dupuy, Mathieu D'Anjou et Jonathan Créchet. Desjardins-Études économiques (2020).
Du nouveau pour l’Indice précurseur Desjardins. Bégin, Hélène et Jonathan Créchet. Desjardins-Études économiques. (2013).
Other
In May 2022 I organized a workshop in macro-labor at the University of Ottawa (see the program here).
Contact information
jcrechet@uottawa.caDepartment of EconomicsUniversity of Ottawa120 University PrivateOttawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5https://sites.google.com/view/jonathancrechethttps://socialsciences.uottawa.ca/economics/