Raquel Fonseca

Biographic Data

ID3816542
NAMERaquel Fonseca
GIVEN NAMESRaquel
FAMILY NAMEFonseca
SIGNATUREFONSECA R
AFFILIATIONSUniversité du Québec à Montréal
ORCID0000-0002-6454-6622
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS11
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • How do basic income for elderly affect health of self-employed

    Open AccessEmma Aguila, Raquel FonsecaARTICLEEconomics & Human Biology2025

  • Assessing the Available Landslide Susceptibility Map and Inventory for the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Open AccessPedro Lima, Luiz Carlos Teixeira Coelho Filho et al.ARTICLEISPRS International Journal of…2025References: 1

    This study presents an initial evaluation of the heuristic landslide susceptibility map for the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro by comparing it with the official landslide inventory. The objective is to provide a first analysis of the accuracy of the current map (Reference Map), which was developed using heuristic methods, in contrast with a basic predictive model based on Generalized Additive Models (GAMs). The study includes a critical review of…

  • Les autoportraits nus aux mauvaises herbes d’Audrian Cassanelli

    Raquel Fonseca, Raquel Maria da Fonseca et al.ARTICLEÉduquer2024

    Par l’autoportrait photographique, l’artiste brésilien Audrian Cassanelli révèle son corps nu, mêlé à des mauvaises herbes. Stigmatisé par la société de son lieu de naissance, où l’homosexualité est un fléau, il trouve dans l’art le moyen de mener son combat. Il réalise ses autoportraits comme support de questionnement, observation et résistance. Pour ce faire, l’artiste met son corps à nu, en confluence avec les mauvaises herbes qui se frayent u…

  • Understanding Cross-Country Differences in Health Status and Expenditures

    Raquel Fonseca, François Langot et al.ARTICLEJournal of Political Economy2023Cited by: 1References: 2

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  • Replacement Rates of Public Pensions in Canada

    Nicholas‐James Clavet, Nicholas-James Clavet et al.ARTICLECanadian Public Policy2022Cited by: 2References: 6

    Several income sources can help retirees maintain their welfare and consumption levels once they leave the workforce. One source is public pensions. Their importance as an income source varies greatly according to socio-economic status (SES). In this article, we analyze how replacement rates (RRs) of public pensions (Old Age Security and Guaranteed Income Supplement) and mandatory public pension benefits (Canada/Quebec Pension Plan [C/QPP]) vary …

  • Comparing the education gradient in health deterioration among the elderly in six OECD countries

    Open AccessAurelie Côté-Sergent, Aurélie Côté‐Sergent et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy2020

  • Understanding Cross-country Differences in Health Status and Expenditures

    Raquel Fonseca, François Langot et al.REPORTNational Bureau of Economic…2020

    Using a general equilibrium heterogeneous agent model featuring health production, we quantify the contribution of health price in explaining cross-country differences in health expenditures and health status. Considering other country-specific explanatory factors, U.S. health prices are estimated to be 33% higher than those of European countries. This price differential explains more than 60% of the difference in health expenditures and more tha…

  • Early Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Household Finances in Quebec

    Bertrand Achou, David Boisclair et al.ARTICLECanadian Public Policy2020Cited by: 3

    The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic surged in early March 2020, with unemployment reaching historic levels in April 2020. This study paints an early portrait of the pandemic's impact on the finances of households in Quebec, one of the hardest-hit provinces in terms of COVID-19 cases as well as unemployment levels. The article also provides an understanding of how government emergency benefit programs may have helped households get by…

  • A Longitudinal Study of Well-Being of Older Europeans

    Open AccessRaquel Fonseca, Arie Kapteyn et al.ARTICLEJournal of Population Ageing2014Cited by: 5References: 9

  • A fotogenia como fundamento do desejo de transformação da aparência

    Open AccessRaquel FonsecaARTICLEPORTO ARTE: Revista de Artes…2011

    Este trabalho é inseparável de uma longa prática do retrato fotográfico e foi federado pelo conceito estético de fotogenia. O problema que determina esta reflexão é, portanto, baseado no conceito estético de fotogenia como fundamento do desejo de transformação da aparência. O retrato fotográfico permite centralizar a reflexão bem como estabelecer sua relação com a verdade do sujeito representado. A resposta que se implanta ao longo deste trabalho…

  • Le travail indépendant passé 50 ans

    Open AccessRaquel Fonseca, Pierre-Carl Michaud et al.ARTICLEEconomie et Statistique /…2007

    Selbständige Erwerbstätigkeit nach Vollendung des 50 Lebensjahrs: Rolle des persönlichen Vermögens und der Kosten der Existenzgründung. In einer Volkswirtschaft mit Liquiditätsengpässen ist eine Existenzgründung bei unzulänglicher Finanzierung durch die Banken schwieriger. Wir untersuchen den Effekt solcher Engpässe wie auch denjenigen der Kosten der Existenzgründung auf das Verhältnis zwischen persönlichem Vermögen und Anteil der Selbständigen i…