La presente communication vise a expliquer un paradoxe. En effet, depuis les annees 70, on a enregistre une tendance generale a la baisse dans les gains reels et relatifs des jeunes adultes ages de moins de 35 ans. En depit du fait que la plupart des jeunes enfants vivent au sein de menages...

This study undertakes three comparisons using Cycle 2 (1996-97) data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) in Canada. First, the study compares the health outcomes of children of the Native-born Canadian (NBC) group with those of the immigrant group in general....

L'education des enfants est modelisee en tant que probleme principal-agent modifie ou l'enfant tache de maximiser son propre bien-etre face a une strategie parentale destinee a maximiser la perception qu'a le parent du bien-etre de la famille. Ainsi, les enfants et les parents sont tous des...

Dans la presente etude, nous procedons a trois comparaisons fondees sur les donnees recueillies au deuxieme cycle (1996 1997) de l'Enquete longitudinale nationale sur les enfants et les jeunes (ELNEJ) au Canada. En premier lieu, nous comparons les resultats sur le plan de la sante des enfants...

L'article examine le cadre conceptuel de la mobilite intergenerationnelle en regard de la relation entre les revenus des parents et ceux des enfants ainsi que le degre et les sources de la mobilite intergenerationnelle au Canada. La principale conclusion est la suivante : la societe canadienne...

A framework for thinking about intergenerational mobility as it relates to the relationship between parent and child incomes as well as evidence on the degree and sources of intergenerational mobility in Canada is reviewed. The major conclusion is that Canadian society is characterized by a good...

Our aim in this paper is to resolve a paradox. Since the 1970s, there has been a downward secular trend in the average real and relative earnings of young adults under the age of 35. Despite the fact that most young children live in households headed by adults under 35, there has been no...

The upbringing of children is modeled as a modified principal agent problem in which children attempt to maximize their own well-being when faced with a parenting strategy chosen by the parent, to maximize parent's perception of family well-being. Thus, children as well as parents are players,...