Overview
Bernard Fortin is a professor of economics at CREFA (Centre de recherche sur l'emploi et les fluctuations économiques), Université Laval, Quebec, Canada, and a fellow of CIRANO (Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en analyse des organisations). He is a leading researcher on workers' compensation incentives, unemployment insurance substitution, and employer safety behavior in Canada.
Key Contributions / Features
- WC-UI substitution (Fortin and Lanoie 1992, Journal of Public Economics): Documented substitution between WC and UI at the industry level in Quebec; subsequently extended to the individual level in Bolduc et al. (2002).
- WC survey (Fortin and Lanoie 2000): Handbook chapter surveying the empirical literature on WC incentive effects; typical frequency elasticities 0.2–0.8.
- Is WC a substitute for UI? (Fortin, Lanoie, and Laporte 1999, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty): Individual-level evidence on WC-UI substitution in Quebec construction.
- Workers' compensation moral hazard and injury composition (Bolduc et al. 2002): Key co-author establishing the composition test for ex post moral hazard.
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