Intro -- Contents -- 1 - Introduction, by John A. Turner -- 2 - Wage and Job Risk for Workers, by John A. Turner -- 3 - Risk in Employment Arrangements, by Sophie M. Korczyk -- 4 - Health and Coverage At Risk, by Robert B. Friedland, Laura, Summer, Sophie M. Korczyk, and Douglass E. Hyatt -- 5 -...

Longevity insurance benefits are deferred annuities that start payment at an advanced age at which a substantial proportion of the birth cohort has died. In high-income countries, that would mean that these annuities would start for people in their early 80s, but when social security programs...

This volume, the first in a new series by the National Bureau of Economic Research that compares labor markets in different countries, examines social and labor market policies in Canada and the United States during the 1980s. It shows that subtle differences in unemployment compensation,...

In Canada, the proportion of persons aged 65 and over to the working-age population will double to 45% by 2050. Without policy changes, this could lead to higher public expenditures, labour force shortages, and slower economic growth. This report surveys of the main barriers to employment for...