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"Midlife Crises": Understanding the Changing Nature of Relationships in Middle Age Canadian Families

Kobayashi, Karen M. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2007

the occurrence of life events in families (e.g., adult children leaving home, care for aging parents). It is noted that …’ situations, and these can be quite varied. The paper therefore examines some of the diversity of mid-life families by describing … the relationship between mid-life families and social policy. …

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Parametric and Nonparametric Analysis of Tax Changes

Bugden, James; Fraser, Iain; Racine, Jeffrey S.; … - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2014

In this paper we examine the net effect of several major tax changes in Australia on residential property prices. Specifically, we consider the announcement and introduction effects that resulted from several policy changes including the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the...

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A Synthetic Cohort Analysis of Canadian Housing Careers

Crossley, Thomas F.; Ostrovsky, Yuri - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2003

This paper uses a time-series of cross-sections drawn from three different surveys to explore life-cycle profiles of housing arrangements in Canada. Synthetic cohort (quasi-panel) methods are employed to disentangle age profiles from cohort effects. The results suggest limited "downsizing" in...

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Tenancy Default, Excess Demand and the Rental Market

Marceau, Katherine Cuff Nicolas - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2007

We develop a model of a competitive rental housing market with an endogenous rate of tenancy default arising from income uncertainty. Potential tenants must choose to engage in a costly search for rental housing, and must commit to a rental agreement before the uncertainty is resolved. We show...

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The Nature of Support from Adult Sansei (Third Generation) Children to Older Nisei (Second Generation) Parents in Japanese Canadian Families

Kobayashi, Karen M. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2000

intergenerational support systems in later life in Japanese Canadian families by examining the factors, particularly the cultural value …

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The Impact of Lifecycle Events on Women’s Labour Force Transition: a Panel Analysis

Jeon, Sung-Hee - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2003

This panel study explores the impact of different lifecycle events on women's labour force transitions. Whether the factors that determine entry into the labour force differ from the factors that determine withdrawal from the labour force is explicitly investigated. The results demonstrate that...

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Well-Being Throughout the Senior Years: An Issues Paper on Key Events and Transitions in Later Life

Denton, Margaret; Kusch, Karen - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2006

individuals, families and communities and their participation through citizen focused policies, programs and services” (Social … disabled, visible minority, immigrants, Aboriginal peoples, sub-regions, low income, and persons living alone. This review of …

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The Economic Well-Being of Older Women Who Become Divorced or Separated in Mid and Later Life

Davies, Sharon; Denton, Margaret - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2001

This paper examines the economic well-being of women who become divorced or separated in mid and later life using 1994 data from the Statistics Canada Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics. Three measures of economic well-being are considered: adjusted economic family total money income;...

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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren in Canada: A Profile of Skipped Generation Families

Fuller-Thomson, Esme - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2005

paper presents a profile of grandparents raising grandchildren in skipped generation households (households which only … raising grandchildren in skipped generation families in 1996. These grandparents were disproportionately female (59%), of … First Nations Heritage (17%) and out of the labour force (57%). One in three households of grandparent caregivers included a …

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Psychosocial resources and social health inequalities in France: Exploratory findings from a general population survey

Jusot, Florence; Grignon, Michel; Dourgnon, Paul - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2007

We study the psychosocial determinants of health, and their impact on social inequalities in health in France. We use a unique general population survey to assess the respective impact on selfassessed health status of subjective perceptions of social capital controlling for standard...

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