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Reproductive Contributions of Foreign Wives in Taiwan: Similarities and Differences among Major Source Countries
Liaw, Kao-Lee; Lin, Ji-Ping; Liu, Chien-Chia - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2009
In light of the entrenchment of sub-replacement fertility and the sharp increase in the stock of foreign wives in … fertility level of the foreign wives was probably somewhat higher than that of the native-born women and definitely lower than … Philippines were more reproductive than those from Thailand and Vietnam. This contrast was a muted reflection of the fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008542637
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La «migration de remplacement» au Québec: à quel point peut-on compter sur l’immigration pour contrer les problèmes démographiques appréhendés?
Marois, Guillaume - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2009
population. The results show that it could be possible for Quebec to prevent the decline of its population if fertility does not … and 64 years is inevitable: whatever the level of fertility, even if migration were much higher for the next two decades … population from exceeding 25%. The only way to reach this objective is a rapid increase of fertility to the replacement level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998556
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Alternative Pasts, Possible Futures: A "What If" Study of the Effects of Fertility on the Canadian Population and Labour Force
Denton, Frank T.; Feaver, Christine H.; Spencer, Byron G. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2002
The "baby boom" that followed World War II, and the subsequent "baby bust", have cast a long shadow over the Canadian population, society, and economy. Drawing on a series of counterfactual projections, this paper considers what the year 2001 would have looked like if things had been different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181083
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Alternative Pasts, Possible Futures: A "What If" Study of the Effects of Fertility on the Canadian Poulation and Labour Force
Denton, Frank T.; Feaver, Christine H.; Spencer, Byron G. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2002
The "baby boom" that followed World War II, and the subsequent "baby bust", have cast a long shadow over the Canadian population, society, and economy. Drawing on a series of counterfactual projections, this paper considers what the year 2001 would have looked like if things had been different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181107
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Ethnic Inequality in Canada: Economic and Health Dimensions
Gee, Ellen M.; Kobayashi, Karen M.; Prus, Steven - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2007
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 summarize the findings; if, on the other hand, less is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763261
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Fraud in Ethnocultural Seniors' Communities
Donahue, Peter J.D. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2001
The main goals of this study are: (1) to define the scope and nature of fraudulent practices to which older adults from selected ethnocultural communities (namely, Chinese, Hispanic, Portuguese, and South Asian) are exposed; (2) to determine the response of those adults to exploitative practices;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763267
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Ethnicity, Immigration and Cancer Screening: Evidence for Canadian Women
McDonald, James Ted; Kennedy, Steven - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2005
Introduction: Canada's annual immigrant intake is increasingly composed of visible minorities, with 59% of immigrants arriving in 1996-01 coming from Asia. However, only a small number of studies have used population health surveys to examine Canadian women's use of cancer screening. We use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181079
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Comparing Racial and Immigrant Health Status and Health Care Access in Later Life in Canada and the United States
Prus, Steven G.; Tfaily, Rania; Lin, Zhiqiu - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2010
Little comparative research exists on health experiences and conditions of minority groups in Canada and the United States, despite both countries having a racially diverse population with a signifi cant proportion of immigrants. This article explores race and immigrant disparities in health and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693062
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The Effect of Health Changes and Long-term Health on the Work Activity of Older Canadians
Au, Doreen Wing Han; Crossley, Thomas F.; Schellhorn, Martin - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2005
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763270
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The Relationship between Education and Health in Australia and Canada
Kennedy, Steven - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2003
It is well accepted that education is positively related to health. However, there is considerably less agreement as to the explanation of this relationship. I examine the strength of the empirical relationship between education and health for Australia and Canada. I find that education is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763281