Paul Makdissi is a Professor of Economics at the University of Ottawa since 2007. He is currently an Associate Editor of the Journal of Economic Inequality. Previously he has held positions at the Université de Sherbrooke (Canada) and at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (The Netherlands). His main areas of research are socioeconomic health inequality measurement, the distributive impact of taxation and public pricing, and income inequality measurement. Paul Makdissi has also acted as consultant and expert to governments and international bodies on inequality and social inclusion issues.