This paper analyses how spouses in older couples react to `shocks' or `surprises' in their partner's labour income …. Partner's death does not have statistically significant labour supply effects. Negative income shocks due to other reasons …

of individuals who are forced to retire early due to job loss or their own health, and who find their income in …

This paper examines income inequality over stages of the later-life course (age 45 and older) and systems that can be … used to mitigate this inequality. Two hypotheses are tested: (i) Levels of income inequality decline during old age because … public benefits are more equally distributed than work income; (ii) Because of the progressive nature of government benefits …

Within the 65+ age group, the percentage of labour market income received by the top 1% of earners has increased from … group with respect to reductions in Old Age Security or Guaranteed Income Supplement clawbacks, because the top 1% of … earners are above the income range served by these programs. …

retirement income. More precisely, this paper, which is based on two Statistics Canada surveys (Survey of Consumer Finances and … Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics,) will look at the processes of diversification and privatisation of income sources of … Canada’s retirees during the period 1980-2002. This study has used the concept of individualized income based on the economic …