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cost savings has been to increase the age of eligibility for retirement benefits. In Canada, the March 2012 federal budget … retirement age reforms in Europe have erupted in large-scale protests and civil disorder. Concern exists that those exiting the … labour market before statutory retirement ages may suffer hardship before they can access public pensions. A CLSRN study …
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shown to be much more important. Overall, the results confirm the importance of retirement income policy for the structure …
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) 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 mid-career income, employment, and locational characteristics have on … income levels and composition in retirement? The analysis tracks income, in total and by source, on a year-by-year basis (i …
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€™s retirement income system in insuring against these risks. We focus on four types of risk: (i) the risk of low income at the onset … of retirement, (ii) longevity risk, (iii) business cycle risk, and (iv) decision-making risk. The research conducted by … CLSRN researchers and others leads us to conclude that, overall, Canada’s retirement income system successfully mitigates …
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years. Meanwhile, life expectancies are continuing to rise, which implies that pensions and retirement income need to last … longer. Retirement income programs are also facing the retirement of 8 million baby boomers leaving the labour force over the … pressures on retirement income schemes, with implications for the economic well-being of oncoming retirees. The Guaranteed …
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The incomes, hours of work and co-residency behavior of older immigrants in Canada are analyzed using data from the confidential master files of the Canadian Census for the years 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2006. Older immigrants in Canada have lower incomes than the Canadian-born of the same age range...
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immigrants are able to support themselves in their retirement years, as well as analyze the extent to which older immigrants are …
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Although contractual mandatory retirement at a specified age has been eliminated, or limited, in many Western nations … to contractual mandatory retirement, often while still relatively young; that is, in the 50s. Korean retirement policies … are deeply rooted in the belief by policy makers, employers and unions that mandatory retirement creates jobs for young …
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senior couples to determine the extent to which changes in the labour market activity and retirement experiences of women and …
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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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