In Canada, the selection of economic immigrants throughout the 1990s and 2000s was based largely on the human capital model of immigration. This model posits that selecting immigrants with high levels of human capital is particularly advantageous in the long run. It is argued that higher...

With the leading edge of the baby boom generation now in their mid-sixties, there is considerable interest in how and when these individuals will retire. To help place this issue in a broader context, this paper provides information on the employment histories of individuals who were aged 33 to...

An emerging area of subjective well-being (SWB) research is centered on the differences in the levels of SWB both across countries and among geographic regions within a country. The consideration of geographic differences would extend our knowledge about the determinants of SWB from "internal"...

This study examines which factors underlie the narrowing of wage differences seen between young bachelor?s degree holders and high school graduates from the 2000-to-2002 period to the 2010-to-2012 period and the widening of differences in full-time paid employment rates between these two...

The annual level of immigration is one of the most critical components of a country's immigration policy. It is difficult to directly compare the costs and benefits of changing immigration levels because immigration can serve multiple goals. However, some narrowly-defined effects can be...

Au Canada, au cours des annees 1990 et des annees 2000, la selection des immigrants economiques s?est appuyee principalement sur le modele d?immigration axe sur le capital humain. Ce modele a pour premisse que selectionner des immigrants dont le niveau de capital humain est eleve est...

Le niveau annuel d'immigration est l'une des composantes les plus importantes de la politique d'immigration d'un pays. Il est difficile de comparer directement les couts et les avantages de la modification des niveaux d'immigration, car l'immigration peut servir a repondre a plusieurs objectifs....

La securite financiere des veuves et des femmes divorcees durant la retraite est depuis longtemps un sujet de preoccupation. Dans le present article, la question est examinee dans le contexte de travaux de recherche sur les < taux de remplacement du revenu >, c'est-a-dire la mesure dans laquelle le revenu familial durant les...</taux>

Puisque les premiers membres de la generation du baby-boom ont maintenant atteint la mi-soixantaine, on s'interesse grandement a la strategie de retraite de ces personnes et au moment auquel ils la prennent. Pour mieux definir le contexte general de cette question, le present document fournit...

La presente etude porte sur les avantages a long terme sur le marche du travail que conferent un certificat d'etudes collegiales et un baccalaureat, comparativement a un diplome d'etudes secondaires. Plusieurs resultats de personnes sur le marche du travail sont examines a partir de donnees...