Gaëlle Simard-Duplain
2023 SSHRC Insight Development Grant
Intergenerational Transmission of Health and Health Care Use: Identifying Untapped Potential to Improve the Economic Outcomes of Parents and Children
Professor Simard-Duplain is the principal applicant for this research project. Mental health plays an essential role in the economic lives of people of all ages. It affects children’s human capital development in the short- and the long-run, and the ability of adults to earn income. As such, mental ill-health leads to considerable – and growing – human and economic costs. Despite this, there is limited evidence on the types of policies that positively impact people living with mental health issues. Intergenerational correlation in mental health may present an opportunity to improve access to mental health care services, and especially to appropriate services. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the underlying transmission mechanisms and their impacts on the outcomes of parents and children.
2022 SSHRC Development Grant
Social Mobility, Gender Inequality, and Life Course Processes: New Insights from Two Generations of Longitudinal Tax Data
Professor Simard-Duplain is a co-applicant for this research project. Research from various disciplines has shown that socioeconomic status is transmitted from parents to children. This has important implications for the equality – or inequality – of opportunities available to children born in different circumstances. The objective of this research is to document how gender differences emerge in the intergenerational income transmission process, by focusing on important events in the adult life course of sons and daughters. Moreover, it will unpack the role of fathers and mothers’ income and employment trajectories in the intergenerational transmission process, with a focus on educational attainment and income. This is a multidisciplinary project, which brings together collaborators from academia and from the public sector.