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Should income transfers be targeted or universal? Insights from public pension influences on elderly mortality in Canada, 1921-1966

Emery, J.C. Herbert; Matheson, Jesse A. - In: Canadian Journal of Economics 45 (2012) 1, pp. 247-269

We investigate the impact of Canada's means-tested and universal public pension programs on the mortality rates of age groups eligible for pension benefits for the period 1921-1966. We find that only the universal program significantly reduced pension eligible age group mortality rates. The...

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Should income transfers be targeted or universal? Insights from public pension influences on elderly mortality in Canada, 1921–1966

Emery, J.C. Herbert; Matheson, Jesse A. - In: The Canadian journal of economics 45 (2012) 1, pp. 247-270

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009835318