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With the leading edge of the baby boom generation now in their mid-sixties, there is considerable interest in how and when these individuals will retire. To help place this issue in a broader context, this paper provides information on the employment histories of individuals who were aged 33 to...
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implications is whether the income of others in the same geographic area is associated with individuals' SWB. The association could … be positive if people benefit from the improved resources, amenities, and social capital in high-income areas. The … significant ways. First, this study examines whether the effect of the average income in a geographic area (locality income) on …
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The deterioration of immigrants' entry earnings in Canada in the past three decades has been well documented. This study provides further insights into the changing fortunes of immigrants by focusing on their earnings inequality and earnings instability. The analysis is based on a flexible...
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Employment rates and earnings among single mothers improved significantly after 1980, and by 2000, low-income rates …
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background, namely parental income and parental education changed between 1993 and 2001. The results support a long …-standing pattern that university participation rates are highest among youths from high-income families and of highly educated parents … difference in participation rates among youths from modest-income (below $75,000) and low-income families. Overall, the …
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This study examines retirement issues for older working Canadians: income, pension coverage, home ownership status …
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In this paper, we assemble data from several household surveys to document how pension coverage of young and older workers has evolved in Canada between the mid-1980s and the mid-1990s. Our main findings are the following. First, both administrative data from the Pension Plans in Canada (PPIC)...
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Using census data covering the 1980 to 2000 period, we examine what outcomes would be necessary for cohorts of recent immigrants to achieve earnings parity with Canadian-born workers. Our results show that today's recent immigrants would have to experience a drastic rise of their relative...
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achieved during their working years after retirement (income security) is less well understood. To help fill this knowledge gap … various measures of an individual's family income to study four main issues: change in income levels through retirement; the … role that various income sources play in this change; variation in replacement rates through time and between poorer and …
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background characteristics are controlled for-most notably the income and labour market activity of parents in the years leading …
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