This paper examines the level and distribution of equivalent after tax, after transfer money income in Canada, the United States, the UK, Germany and Sweden using micro-data from the Luxembourg Income Study from 1969/70 to 1994/95. It concentrates on inequality within and between birth cohorts....

Lars Osberg makes the case in his paper that the major success story of Canadian social policy in the twentieth century has in fact been the reduction of poverty among senior citizens. According to Osberg, the poverty rate, defined with the poverty line measured as one-half median equivalent...

Dans le present article, on estime le revenu implicite genere par la valeur nette du logement des menages en age de travailler et de ceux a l'age de la retraite. Cela permet de mieux saisir l'etat de preparation a la retraite des Canadiens en tenant compte des services que realisent les...

This paper estimates the implicit income generated by the home equity of working-age and retirement-age households. In so doing, it expands our understanding of Canadians' preparation for retirement by taking into account the services that homeowners realize as a result of having invested in...

Le present document propose une comparaison des taux de remplacement des gains obtenus a la retraite par un echantillon de couples maries et en union libre, dont le mari etait age de 55 a 57 ans en 1991. Cette comparaison se fonde sur des donnees de la banque de Donnees administratives...

Using data from the Longitudinal Administrative Database (LAD), this paper compares the earnings replacement rates achieved in retirement by a sample of married and common-law couples in which the husband was aged 55 to 57 in 1991. Emphasis is placed on the outcomes experienced by couples in...