This study examines ethnic based differences in economic and health status. We combine existing literature with our … analysis of data from the Canadian Census and National Population Health Survey. If a given sub-topic is well researched, we …-differentiated. Yet recent immigrants, especially from Asia, are advantaged in health outcomes compared to Canadian-born persons – the …

Income Dynamics, we study the health transitions for those who were in good health in the first year, focussing especially on … income and education. The initial good health restriction removes from the sample those whose incomes may have been affected … -- that changes in health status over the subsequent two years are related in particular to income and education. …

Income Dynamics, we study the health transitions for those who were in good health in the first year, focussing especially on … income and education. The initial good health restriction removes from the sample those whose incomes may have been affected … that changes in health status over the subsequent two years are related in particular to income and education. …

institutions, they are more conducive than non-democratic alternatives to the growth of per capita income, which is an important … elements of human development, longevity and knowledge - democracy has a positive effect on indicators of education and health …

Little comparative research exists on health experiences and conditions of minority groups in Canada and the United … article explores race and immigrant disparities in health and health care access across the two countries. The study focus was … on middle and old age given the change and increasing diversity in health and health care policy, such as Medicare …

Using longitudinal data from the Canadian National Population Health Survey (NPHS), we study the relationship between … health and employment among older Canadians. We focus on two issues: (1) the possible problems with self-reported health …, including endogeneity and measurement error, and (2) the relative importance of health changes and long-term health in the …

. Beside marital status, family networks and living arrangements, future health status of the elderly is a key variable, but an … intricate one. Since health status transitions were previously conditioned only on age and sex, we will use here the current … disability module of LifePaths with longitudinal data from Canada’s National Population Health Survey (NPHS). These new health …

For some time researchers have known that the relationship between health and the residential mobility of the elderly … age groups. However, the onset of poor health differs considerably by individual, particularly for the "young-old". Multi … in the relationship between one of the two mid-life health measures and residential mobility, and the results for both …

Using longitudinal data from the Canadian National Population Health Survey (NPHS), we study the relationship between … health and employment among older Canadians. We focus on two issues: (1) the possible endogeneity of self- reported health …, particularly "justification bias", and (2) the relative importance of health changes and long-term health in the decision to work …