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...

This paper examines why rates of homeownership have been increasing amongst young higher-income households, but declining among young lower-income households. For the period from 1981 to 2006, household data from the Census of Population, supplemented with information from the Survey of...

La presente etude porte sur les raisons pour lesquelles les taux d'accession a la propriete ont augmente chez les jeunes menages a revenu eleve, mais ont baisse chez ceux a faible revenu. Les donnees sur les menages pour la periode allant de 1981 a 2006 tirees du Recensement de la population et...

Fonde sur les donnees de l'Enquete sur les depenses des menages et de l'Enquete sur les depenses des familles qui l'a precedee, le present document traite des revenus relatifs des Canadiens a l'age de la retraite et en age de travailler entre 1969 et 2006, en tenant compte a la fois du revenu...

Using data from the Survey of Household Spending and from its predecessor, the Survey of Family Expenditures, this paper investigates the relative incomes of retirement-age and working-age Canadians from 1969 to 2006, taking into account both explicit household income and the implicit income...

Le present rapport presente une comparaison de la valeur nette des menages par habitant au Canada et aux Etats Unis de 1970 a 2012, basee sur des donnees provenant des comptes du bilan national du Canada et des mouvements de fonds (Flow of Funds Accounts) publies par la Reserve federale...

L'association entre la taille et le rendement des entreprises continue de susciter l'interet des chercheurs et des decideurs. Les petites et moyennes entreprises recoivent beaucoup d'attention, car elles presentent un potentiel de croissance considerable. Toutefois, comparativement aux grandes...

The topic of firm size and performance continues to spark the interest of researchers and policy-makers. Small and medium-sized enterprises receive much of the attention, as they have the potential to grow significantly. However, compared with their larger counterparts, these firms are more...

This report compares household net worth per capita in Canada and the United States from 1970 to 2012, using data from the Canadian National Balance Sheet Accounts and the Flow of Funds Accounts published by the U.S. Federal Reserve. Three approaches are adopted. The first makes a level...

Jusqu'a maintenant, les discussions portant sur le caractere adequat des pensions des Canadiens ages ont ete fondees sur le taux de diminution du revenu avec l'age, soit le taux de remplacement du revenu ou le ratio du revenu apres la retraite au revenu avant la retraite. Pour utiliser les flux...