diff --git a/mex/sources/bytecode/ErrorHandling.hh b/mex/sources/bytecode/ErrorHandling.hh
index a45211e07..dd462e003 100644
--- a/mex/sources/bytecode/ErrorHandling.hh
+++ b/mex/sources/bytecode/ErrorHandling.hh
@@ -406,14 +406,14 @@ public:
         for (unsigned int i = 0; i < endo_name_length; i++)
           if (P_endo_names[CHAR_LENGTH*(variable_num+i*nb_endo)] != ' ')
             res << P_endo_names[CHAR_LENGTH*(variable_num+i*nb_endo)];
-        Variable_list.push_back(make_pair(res.str(), make_pair(SymbolType::endogenous, variable_num)));
+        Variable_list.emplace_back(res.str(), make_pair(SymbolType::endogenous, variable_num));
       }
     for (unsigned int variable_num = 0; variable_num < static_cast<unsigned int>(nb_exo); variable_num++)
       {
         for (unsigned int i = 0; i < exo_name_length; i++)
           if (P_exo_names[CHAR_LENGTH*(variable_num+i*nb_exo)] != ' ')
             res << P_exo_names[CHAR_LENGTH*(variable_num+i*nb_exo)];
-        Variable_list.push_back(make_pair(res.str(), make_pair(SymbolType::exogenous, variable_num)));
+        Variable_list.emplace_back(res.str(), make_pair(SymbolType::exogenous, variable_num));
       }
   }
 
diff --git a/mex/sources/bytecode/SparseMatrix.cc b/mex/sources/bytecode/SparseMatrix.cc
index b6aed5030..0c013cb9b 100644
--- a/mex/sources/bytecode/SparseMatrix.cc
+++ b/mex/sources/bytecode/SparseMatrix.cc
@@ -3172,7 +3172,7 @@ dynSparseMatrix::Solve_Matlab_Relaxation(mxArray *A_m, mxArray *b_m, unsigned in
           b1 = substract_A_B(b2, tmp);
           mxDestroyArray(tmp);
 
-          triangular_form.push_back(make_pair(S1, d1));
+          triangular_form.emplace_back(S1, d1);
           mxDestroyArray(A2_t);
         }
       A2 = mxDuplicateArray(A3);
diff --git a/mex/sources/bytecode/bytecode.cc b/mex/sources/bytecode/bytecode.cc
index 14c1f15d2..1045c81f1 100644
--- a/mex/sources/bytecode/bytecode.cc
+++ b/mex/sources/bytecode/bytecode.cc
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ main(int nrhs, const char *prhs[])
               string tmp = "Can not allocated memory to store the date_str in the extended path descriptor";
               mexErrMsgTxt(tmp.c_str());
             }
-          dates.push_back(string(buf)); //string(Dates[i]);
+          dates.emplace_back(buf); //string(Dates[i]);
           mxFree(buf);
         }
     }
diff --git a/mex/sources/bytecode/testing/mex_interface.cc b/mex/sources/bytecode/testing/mex_interface.cc
index da1136995..50235ecfd 100644
--- a/mex/sources/bytecode/testing/mex_interface.cc
+++ b/mex/sources/bytecode/testing/mex_interface.cc
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ mxAddField(mxArray *Struct, const char *fieldname)
     return -1;
   else
     {
-      Struct->field_name.push_back(fieldname);
+      Struct->field_name.emplace_back(fieldname);
       return Struct->field_name.size();
     }
 }
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ mxSetFieldByNumber(mxArray *Struct, mwIndex index, unsigned int field_number, mx
   if (field_number >= nfields)
     mexErrMsgTxt("field_number out of range in mxSetFieldByNumber\n");
   while (Struct->field_array.size() <= index)
-    Struct->field_array.push_back(vector<mxArray *>(nfields, NULL));
+    Struct->field_array.emplace_back(nfields, NULL);
   Struct->field_array[index][field_number] = pvalue;
 }
 
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ read_struct(FILE *fid)
           char name[512];
           fscanf(fid, "%s", name);
           if (j == 0)
-            fieldnames.push_back(name);
+            fieldnames.emplace_back(name);
           v_Array.push_back(read_Array(fid));
         }
       vv_Array.push_back(v_Array);