Dans cette etude, on examine la progression des quartiers de minorites visibles dans les trois principales regions metropolitaines du Canada de 1981 a 2001.

Les taux d'emploi et les gains des meres seules ont augmente sensiblement apres 1980 et, en 2000, les taux de faible revenu etaient descendus a de nouveaux creux record. Contrairement au cas des meres mariees, chez les meres seules la plus grande partie des hausses etait attribuable a la...

La question de savoir si les taux relatifs de mariages homogames ou assortatifs augmentent dans les democraties riches fait l'objet d'une importante controverse. Premierement, nous montrons que les resultats empiriques conflictuels qui alimentent le debat sont souvent un artefact d'autres...

Employment rates and earnings among single mothers improved significantly after 1980, and by 2000, low-income rates reached new historic lows. Unlike married mothers, most of the gains among lone mothers were the result of the dynamics of population change and cohort replacement as the large and...

Whether or not relative rates of assortative marriage have been rising in the affluent democracies has been subject to considerable dispute. First, we show how the conflicting empirical findings that have fueled the debate are frequently an artifact of alternative methodological strategies for...

L'accession a la propriete influe sur les decisions en matiere d'investissement, de consommation et d'epargne, et elle joue un role important au regard du mieux-etre a la retraite. Le present document pose deux questions. En premier lieu, dans quelle mesure les Canadiens acquierent-ils et...

Malgre des reformes relativement modestes du regime de bien-etre au Canada par rapport aux Etats Unis, les taux d'emploi et la remuneration des meres seules ont progresse depuis 1980 presque d'un meme ordre de grandeur dans ces deux pays. Nous allons montrer que la plupart des hausses au Canada...

This study examines the expansion of visible minority neighbourhoods in Canada's three largest metropolitan areas from 1981 to 2001.

Despite comparatively modest welfare reforms in Canada relative to those of the United States, employment rates and earnings among single mothers have risen by virtually identical magnitudes in the two countries since 1980. We show that most of the gains in Canada and a substantial share of the...

Homeownership affects investment, consumption, and savings decisions of households, and plays a major role in post-retirement well-being. This paper examines two questions. First, to what extent do Canadians acquire and retain homeownership at different life-course stages, particularly after...