Despite a history built on immigration, immigrants are among those who struggle the most in Canada. Recent research … finds that the proportion of recent immigrants (in Canada for 5 years or less) who were in poverty has risen steadily from … immigrants in Canada often struggle in the labour market compared to both their native-born peers and their younger counterparts …

In this paper we document the economic outcomes of elderly immigrants to Canada. Our objective is to describe the … age dimensions of immigration to Canada since 1980, and the evolution of policies directed towards older immigrants (i … 1981 through 2006, we document the composition and levels of income for immigrants to Canada. We estimate the degree to …

as retirement, preventing observation of their potential earnings losses. Using data from the Survey of Labour and Income …

cost savings has been to increase the age of eligibility for retirement benefits. In Canada, the March 2012 federal budget … poverty rates since the early 1970s in Canada. The introduction and expansion of retirement income programs – including Old … retirement age reforms in Europe have erupted in large-scale protests and civil disorder. Concern exists that those exiting the …

Canada and other countries are changing the age of public pension eligibility. A policy concern that arises is the …

shown to be much more important. Overall, the results confirm the importance of retirement income policy for the structure … of senior poverty in Canada. …

-career measures of income, employment, and savings behaviour as early predictors of post-retirement incomes. …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 …

research1 has estimated that 32% of near-seniors have made Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP) contributions in error as … Income Supplement Recipients Who Have Mistakenly Saved in Registered Retirement Savings Plans and Registered Pension Plansâ …The Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) has contributed significantly to the reduction of senior poverty in Canada, but …

poverty at the onset of retirement. Risks of longevity and widowhood are not fully insured. Private savings are subject to …€™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 …

in retirement – whether from public or private pensions, savings or employment – is an important determinant of the … 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 …