Ce rapport présente les résultats préliminaires d'une première version du Modèle de Micro-Simulation de l'Université Laval (SimUL), portant sur l'évolution de divers indicateurs sociaux et de mesures de niveaux de vie pour la période 2004-2030. Cette évolution est largement tributaire...

Many recent empirical studies have shown that recent cohorts of immigrants to western countries face more hardship than previous cohorts. In Quebec, for instance, the welfare dependency rates of immigrants have steadily increased between 1982 and 1998 and are insensitive to fluctuations in the...

Changes in parameters of tax and transfer programs can induce individuals to alter their behaviour in a wide variety of ways, including changes in labour supply, in the nature of employee compensation, in the choice of working in the underground economy, in savings decisions, in human capital...