Population aging and the recent global financial crisis underscore the importance of the discussions of the adequacy of retirement preparation in Canada and the soundness of the Canadian retirement income system. The focus of this study is to examine whether the accumulated private savings of...

This paper examines why rates of homeownership have been increasing amongst young higher-income households, but declining among young lower-income households. For the period from 1981 to 2006, household data from the Census of Population, supplemented with information from the Survey of...

Le vieillissement de la population et la recente crise financiere mondiale font ressortir l'importance des discussions concernant le caractere adequat de la preparation a la retraite au Canada et la fiabilite du systeme de revenu de retraite canadien. La presente etude vise a determiner si...

La presente etude porte sur les raisons pour lesquelles les taux d'accession a la propriete ont augmente chez les jeunes menages a revenu eleve, mais ont baisse chez ceux a faible revenu. Les donnees sur les menages pour la periode allant de 1981 a 2006 tirees du Recensement de la population et...

Executive Directors believe that the Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS) outlines a comprehensive framework for growth and poverty reduction in Ghana. The GPRS II rightly emphasizes private sector-led growth as key to broadening the country’s economic base. The GPRS II will...

Jusqu'a maintenant, les discussions portant sur le caractere adequat des pensions des Canadiens ages ont ete fondees sur le taux de diminution du revenu avec l'age, soit le taux de remplacement du revenu ou le ratio du revenu apres la retraite au revenu avant la retraite. Pour utiliser les flux...

Discussions of pension adequacy for elderly Canadians have used the rate at which income falls with age; the income replacement rate or the ratio of post-retirement income to pre-retirement income. Use of income streams to assess post-retirement welfare requires a standard against which adequacy...