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Center for Policy Research
426 Eggers Hall
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244-1020
Phone:
(315) 395-8791
Fax:
(315) 443-1081
E-mail:
agenest@maxwell.syr.edu
Research
Areas
Seniors and Aging,
Retirement, Pensions,
Caregiving and
Poverty in Old Age
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Biography
Alexandre was born and raised in
Montréal, Québec, and received an M.A in
Demography from Université de Montréal in 2000.
The focus of his master's research was on the
retirement income of Canadian seniors. Upon
graduation he was hired by Social Development
Canada, a Canadian federal department
responsible for state pensions, where his work
delved mostly on policy issues related to
seniors and older workers. He entered the Public
Administration doctoral program at Syracuse
University in August 2004. Alexandre states, "I
chose Syracuse mostly for the opportunity to
work with both Douglas Wolf and Timothy Smeeding
on retirement issues, but also for the
possibility to acquire knowledge from a critical
mass of scholars interested in Aging issues.
From this general interest in Aging issues, I
can pinpoint a few core areas for my future
research: processes of retirement and processes
of aging, governments' efforts to encourage
caregiving over institutionalization, the
interaction/conflicts of pension policy with
caregiving policy, the social consequences of
poverty in old age, and older workers'
attachment to the labour force."
Alexandre also keeps an eye open for policy work
related to public finances, and social policy
writ large.
Page last updated Nov. 26, 2007
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