Le present document de recherche examine si diverses mesures du revenu familial sont associees au developpement cognitif, socio-affectif, physique et comportemental des enfants. Les donnees de l'Enquete longitudinale nationale sur les enfants et les jeunes ont servi a evaluer une gamme de...

This research paper examines whether various measures of family income are associated with the cognitive, social/emotional, physical and behavioural development of children. Data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth were used to assess a range of measures of well-being...

Using Statistics Canada's National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), this paper presents the first evidence on whether increased disability benefits reduce the negative consequences of parental disability on children’s well-being. Using a continuous...

This paper explores the consequences of adopting a household perspective when evaluating proposals for the reform of the Canadian unemployment insurance system. A model of joint behavior that allows demand-side constraints to limit labor-supply choices is estimated. Quantity constraints faced by...

Under both Unemployment Insurance (UI) and now under Employment Insurance (EI), Canada has offered extra benefits for some claimants with dependent children. This paper assesses the replacement of the Depenencey Rate (DR) under UI with the Family Income Supplement (FS) under EI. The major...

It is well known that, in most countries, men have more life insurance than do women, and are more likely to be members of private pension plans. However much less is known about men’s and women’s personal asset holdings. Do private savings counterbalance the inequality in pension access? Or...

In economics, the number of observations available for empirical work is often predetermined. Researchers assume some large sample distribution and carry through with measurement and testing applied to data sets of varying sizes. The consequences of sampling variability are generally ignored. It...