Social capital is a characteristic of communities. Cross-sectional studies have shown that social capital is inversely associated with homicide and violent crime. We hypothesized that variations in social capital in US states over time can predict variations in regional homicide mortality both...

This paper examines the redistribution of lifetime disposable income generated by small changes to important parameters in Canada's public pension system. These changes represent creeping reforms of the sort that are routinely implemented through using different indexation formula for different...

This article scrutinizes the relationship between the CPP and the provinces under the new CPP financial arrangements. It briefly recalls the genesis of the CPP and that of its close relative, the Quebec Pension Plan. The financial arrangements in effect from 1966 through 1986 are then reviewed...