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Ageing and Literacy Skills: Evidence from Canada, Norway and the United States
Green, David A.; Riddell, W. Craig - Vancouver School of Economics - 2012
We study the relationship between age and literacy skills in Canada, Norway and the U.S. – countries that represent a wide range of literacy outcomes -- using data from the 1994 and 2003 International Adult Literacy Surveys. In cross-sectional data there is a weak negative partial...
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Labour Market Matters - October 2013
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2013
as the ageing of the baby boomers and low-birth rates. What impact will population ageing have on the Labour Market? A … Canada, HRSDC) find that the projected decline in the growth of the labour force would raise pressures on labour markets … that investment in capital and labour quality would become more important than labour quantity in the determination of …
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Marché du travail en revue - Octobre 2013
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2013
L’alphabétisme est capital pour l’amélioration de toute société. Tout un chacun ne peut participer entièrement au discours social et politique, et aura sans doute une position inférieure en société, s’il ne possède pas l’alphabétisme de base lui permettant d’atteindre ses...
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The Future of Contractual Mandatory Retirement in South Korea
Klassen, Thomas R. - Vancouver School of Economics - 2012
Although contractual mandatory retirement at a specified age has been eliminated, or limited, in many Western nations, the practice remains widespread in other parts of the world. In South Korea (henceforth, Korea) most workers are subject to contractual mandatory retirement, often while still...
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Income Inequality Among Seniors in Canada: The Role of Women's Labour Market Experience
Schirle, Tammy - Vancouver School of Economics - 2009
senior couples to determine the extent to which changes in the labour market activity and retirement experiences of women and … men have contributed to this shift in the income distribution. I use data from the Canadian Survey of Labour and Income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008497085
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Volunteering, Income Support Programs and Disabled Persons
Campolieti, Michele; Gomez, Rafael; Gunderson, Morley - Vancouver School of Economics - 2009
We study the propensity of disabled persons to engage in volunteer activity with the Participation and Activity Limitation Survey (PALS) -- a unique Canadian dataset which provides extensive information on disabled persons as well as volunteering behaviour. Our principal focus is on the effects...
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The Receipt of Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) Status Among Canadian Seniors – Incidence and Dynamics
Finnie, Ross; Gray, David; Zhang, Yan - Vancouver School of Economics - 2013
Our topic is the receipt patterns of low-income support benefits in the form of the guaranteed income supplement (GIS) benefit amongst Canadians who are 65 and older. The GIS regime is the only means-tested public retirement benefit that is targeted to the group of retired individuals and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184378
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Labour Market Matters - May 2013
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2013
labour market before statutory retirement ages may suffer hardship before they can access public pensions. A CLSRN study …
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Senior poverty in Canada: A decomposition analysis
Schirle, Tammy - Vancouver School of Economics - 2013
Using 1977-1979, 1994-1996, and 2006-2008 data from the SCF and SLID, a decomposition analysis of senior poverty rates is conducted to determine whether changes in seniors’ characteristics, and changes in the extent to which characteristics affect senior’s likelihood of poverty,...
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How do the level and composition of income change after retirement? Evidence from the LAD
Finnie, Ross; Spencer, Byron G. - Vancouver School of Economics - 2013
This study uses data from the Statistics Canada Longitudinal Databank (the LAD) to address three general questions: (1) How great is the average drop in the level of total income after retirement? (2) What is the composition of income in retirement, and how does it change? and (3) What impact do...
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