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. Using data from Statistics Canada surveys, we analyze the internal rate of return (IRR) of these proposals for various types … instead for additional contributions into existing voluntary savings vehicles combined with a basic annuity purchased at …
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retirement behaviour in Canada. We also investigate trends in work after retirement. Our findings are in line with findings from …
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This study uses an original data set, combining information for all collective agreements covering more than 500 employees signed in Quebec or Ontario from 1985 to 2007 and information on payroll taxes and other variables, to measure the incidence of an increase in payroll tax. The results of...
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Research on health-related work absenteeism focuses primarily on moral hazard issues but seldom discriminates between the types of illnesses that prompt workers to stay home or seek care. This paper focuses on chronic migraine, a common and acute illness that can prove to be relatively...
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Using Canadian linked employer-employee data covering the period 1999-2005, I examine the determinants of the availability of family-friendly care practices and the impact of such practices on wages. The results show that the provision of family-friendly practices is not mainly derived from...
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, this flexibilization strategy can lead to an underinvestment in training, a lack of savings for retirement and an increase …
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Continued improvements in life expectancy and fiscal insolvency of public pensions have led to an increase in pension entitlement ages in several countries, but its consequences for subjective well-being are largely unknown. Financial consequences of retirement complicate the estimation of...
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environment without commitment. A savings account is introduced into the self-enforcing risk-sharing model of Thomas and Worrall … (1988). The risk averse agent's savings play the role of a collateral, thereby improving consumption smoothing. Furthermore …, the optimal use of the savings account relaxes the other agent's self-enforcing constraints. These results depend on the …
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We consider changes in the distribution of hourly compensation in Canada using confidential census data and the recent …
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Nous étudions l'évolution récente de l'écart salarial entre les sexes chez les Canadiens nouvellement diplômés des études postsecondaires. Cette comparaison est intéressante car il s'agit d'un groupe relativement homogène de gens instruits, faisant partie d'une même cohorte et presque...
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