Abel Brodeur

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University of Ottawa

abrodeur@uottawa.ca

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Abel Brodeur is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at University of Ottawa. He received his Ph.D. in Economics at Paris School of Economics.

During the academic year 2013-2014, he was visiting the department of economics at UC Berkeley. In 2012-2013, he was visiting the London School of Economics as a participant of the European Doctoral Program in Quantitative Economics.

Brodeur's current research interests center around applied economics. He has worked on different topics including development, health and labor economics. Current projects include the evaluation of the health and economic consequences of prostitution in Southeast Asia and the examination of the effects of terrorism.

His Ph.D. advisors were Professors Andrew E. Clark (PSE) and Jörn-Steffen Pischke (LSE).

Abel Brodeur joined IZA as a research affiliate in August 2012.

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IZA Discussion Paper No. 11957

Institutions, Attitudes and LGBT: Evidence from the Gold Rush

Abel Brodeur, Joanne Haddad

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11796

Methods Matter: P-Hacking and Causal Inference in Economics

Abel Brodeur, Nikolai Cook, Anthony Heyes

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10686

War, Migration and the Origins of the Thai Sex Industry

Abel Brodeur, Warn N. Lekfuangfu, Yanos Zylberberg

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2018, 16 (5), 1540-1576

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9986

Has Uber Made It Easier to Get a Ride in the Rain?

Abel Brodeur, Kerry Nield

published as 'An Empirical Analysis of Taxi, Lyft and Uber Rides: Evidence from Weather Shocks in NYC' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, 152, 1-16

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9526

Terrorism and Employment: Evidence from Successful and Failed Terror Attacks

Abel Brodeur

published as 'The Effect of Terrorism on Employment and Consumer Sentiment: Evidence from Successful and Failed Terror Attacks' in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2018, 10 (4)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7357

Smoking, Income and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from Smoking Bans

Abel Brodeur

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7268

Star Wars: The Empirics Strike Back

Abel Brodeur, Mathias Lé, Marc Sangnier, Yanos Zylberberg

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2016, 8 (1), 1-32

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7256

Where the Streets Have a Name: Income Comparisons in the US

Abel Brodeur, Sarah Flèche

forthcoming as 'Neighbors' Income, Public Goods and Well-Being' in: Review of Income and Wealth

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6804