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The Recent Evolution of Retirement Patterns in Canada
Lefebvre, Pierre; Merrigan, Philip; Michaud, Pierre-Carl - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2011
Using data from three waves of the General Social Survey on retirement and older workers (1994, 2002 and 2007), we document the evolution of retirement patterns over the last three decades. We combined the analysis of retirement ages of actual retirees with data on expected retirement ages of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368559
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Parental Illness and the Labour Supply of Adult Children
Leger, Pierre Thomas - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2000
An important demographic trend is the aging of the population. As a result, demand for health care services for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763282
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The Role of Coping Humour in the Physical and Mental Health of Older Adults
Marziali, Elsa; McDonald, Lynn; Donahue, Peter - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2007
literature. Coping humor as a mechanism for managing the inevitable health stresses of aging has received less attention. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763284
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Healthy Aging at Older Ages: Are Income and Education Important?
Buckley, Neil J.; Denton, Frank T.; Robb, A. Leslie; … - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2004
Being higher on the socioeconomic scale is correlated with being in better health, but is there is a causal relationship? Using three years of longitudinal data for individuals aged 50 and older from the Canadian Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, we study the health transitions for those who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763293
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Population Change and the Requirements for Physicians: The Case of Ontario
Denton, Frank T.; Gafni, Amiram; Spencer, Byron G. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2000
the preceding two decades; (b) population aging alone will raise the overall rate of growth of requirements but that will … be more than offset by slower population growth; (c) the main effect of aging will be on the distribution of requirements … among categories of physicians. These findings suggest that the emphasis on population aging in policy discussions of future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763297
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Using Statistics Canada LifePaths Microsimulation Model to Project the Health Status of Canadian Elderly
Légaré, Jacques; Décarie, Yann - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2008
Complex population projections usually use microsimulation models; in Canada, Statistics Canada has developed a global dynamic microsimulation model named LifePaths in the Modgen programming language to be used in policy research. LifePaths provides a platform to build on for our research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763313
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Health and Residential Mobility in Later Life: A New Analytical Technique to Address an Old Problem
Hayward, Lynda M. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2000
Ontario Longitudinal Study of Aging have been analyzed using proportional hazards models as compared with logistic regressions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763317
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Geographic Dimensions of Aging: The Canadian Experience 1991-1996
Moore, Eric G.; McGuinness, Donald; Pacey, Michael A.; … - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2000
The major focus of this paper is on the geographic dimensions of population aging in Canada between 1991 and 1996 and … of aging-in-place and net migration for both elderly and non-elderly populations in each area and demonstrate how the … structure of these two components defines differing aging profiles in different parts of the country. Aging in the southern …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763328
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Exploring the Effects of Population Change on the Costs of Physician Services
Denton, Frank T.; Gafni, Amiram; Spencer, Byron G. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2001
The effects of population aging on future health care costs are an important public policy concern in many countries … (historical or projected) on physician costs, and to decompose the effects into population growth effects and population aging …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763330
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Healthy Aging at Older Ages: Are Income and Education Important?
Buckley, Neil J.; Denton, Frank T.; Robb, A. Leslie; … - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2004
Being higher on the socioeconomic scale is correlated with being in better health, but is there is a causal relationship? Using three years of longitudinal data for individuals aged 50 and older from the Canadian Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, we study the health transitions for those who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763392