With Pierre Tircher (School of Industrial Relations, Université de Montréal)
DATE
On Thursday, November 27th, 2025, 12:45 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Room: 1106 (385, Sherbrooke East Street, Montreal, QC)
Free but mandatory registration:
Note: The presentation will be in French. Questions may be asked in English.
Description
A 35-minute communication will be followed by a period of discussion. The Quantitative Workshops aims to create a structured and dynamic community of social science researchers in Quebec who work with quantitative methods. Students and professors are invited to participate and to submit presentation proposals.
Bio
Pierre Tircher is a professor in the Department of Industrial Relations at the Université de Montréal. He holds a PhD in Industrial Relations from the Université de Montréal. His dissertation examined the impact of financial employment incentives for older workers. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at INRS, where his research focused on the influence of employment policies on age management in Québec. He is co-author of the labor economics textbook Emploi et salaire, published in 2020 by the Presses de l’Université de Montréal. He is also a research associate at the Institut de recherche et d’informations socioéconomiques and serves on the editorial board of the Canadian Journal on Aging, published by Cambridge University Press.
Abstract
Our project examines employment dynamics and retirement transitions among members of visible minorities in Canada. While a considerable body of research has documented the barriers faced by this population when entering the labor market and throughout their careers, the few studies focusing on retired members of visible minorities in Canada have mostly emphasized income. Drawing on a life course perspective, we analyze how occupational inequalities and critical life transitions shape employment situations as individuals approach retirement. Empirically, the project relies on data from the Longitudinal and International Study of Adults (LISA) and leverages its longitudinal nature to document labor market exit dynamics, notably through sequence analysis. Understanding these dynamics is especially relevant in a context where retirement transitions are evolving and where employment incentive policies for older workers are multiplying—potentially exacerbating end-of-career inequalities.
