We utilize an instrumental variable approach to analyse the effect that dropping out of high school has on 17 outcomes pertaining to wages, employment and subsequent skill acquisition for youths. Our analysis is based on the older cohort of the Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) for 2003, an...

This paper provides preliminary results from the IMDB panel database on the earnings distribution and earnings mobility of Canadian immigrants over their first post-landing decade in Canada. In this study we examine only the 1982 landing cohort of immigrants and follow them through to 1992. We...

As governments around the world struggle to reign in ballooning public deficits, one area that has been targeted for cost savings has been to increase the age of eligibility for retirement benefits. In Canada, the March 2012 federal budget announced plans to make a transition in the age of...

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,...

Du fait de l’entrée importante des femmes sur le marché du travail rémunéré au cours des quarante dernières années, ainsi que du besoin croissant d’un deuxième salaire pour élever une famille, les parents et les employeurs ont de plus en plus demandé aux gouvernements de financer...

With the move by women into the paid labour force over the last four decades, and the increasing need to have more than one income to raise a family, parents and employers are increasingly calling on governments to support high-quality non-parental care for young children. Without a doubt,...

Malgré une histoire construite avec l’immigration, les immigrants sont les personnes qui ont le plus de difficultés au Canada. D’après une nouvelle recherche récente, la proportion des immigrants récents (au Canada depuis 5 ans ou moins) et qui sont pauvres s’est constamment accrue,...

We use a macro-econometric forecasting model to simulate the impact on the Canadian economy of a hypothetical increase in immigration. Our simulations generally yield positive impacts on such factors as real GDP and GDP per capita, aggregate demand, investment, productivity, and government...

In this paper, we use a risk framework to analyze the risks seniors face and discuss the success of Canada’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...

The Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) represents one of the largest transfer programs administered by the Canadian government, representing 4.5 percent of federal transfers to individuals. The UCCB – which provides $100 monthly to parents for every child under six years of age –...