Pierre-Carl Michaud is a Professor of Economics at HEC Montreal and holder of the Jacques-Parizeau Research Chair in Economic Policy (cjp.hec.ca/en/). He is also Research Associate of the NBER and Principal Researcher and Fellow of CIRANO. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Tilburg University. From 2017 to 2024, he was the Scientific Director of the Retirement and Savings Institute.

His research interest is in the study of labor supply, savings and health outcomes of households in the U.S. and Europe.

He joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in May 2003 and became a Research Fellow in July 2005.