La presente communication vise a expliquer un paradoxe. En effet, depuis les annees 70, on a enregistre une tendance generale a la baisse dans les gains reels et relatifs des jeunes adultes ages de moins de 35 ans. En depit du fait que la plupart des jeunes enfants vivent au sein de menages...

L'article examine le cadre conceptuel de la mobilite intergenerationnelle en regard de la relation entre les revenus des parents et ceux des enfants ainsi que le degre et les sources de la mobilite intergenerationnelle au Canada. La principale conclusion est la suivante : la societe canadienne...

Le present document de recherche examine si diverses mesures du revenu familial sont associees au developpement cognitif, socio-affectif, physique et comportemental des enfants. Les donnees de l'Enquete longitudinale nationale sur les enfants et les jeunes ont servi a evaluer une gamme de...

This research paper examines whether various measures of family income are associated with the cognitive, social/emotional, physical and behavioural development of children. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth were used to assess a range of measures of well-being...

A framework for thinking about intergenerational mobility as it relates to the relationship between parent and child incomes as well as evidence on the degree and sources of intergenerational mobility in Canada is reviewed. The major conclusion is that Canadian society is characterized by a good...

Our aim in this paper is to resolve a paradox. Since the 1970s, there has been a downward secular trend in the average real and relative earnings of young adults under the age of 35. Despite the fact that most young children live in households headed by adults under 35, there has been no...