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implications is whether the income of others in the same geographic area is associated with individuals' SWB. The association could … be positive if people benefit from the improved resources, amenities, and social capital in high-income areas. The … significant ways. First, this study examines whether the effect of the average income in a geographic area (locality income) on …
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This study examines the relationship between individuals' health status and the socio-economic composition of the … neighbourhoods in which they live. It combines individual microdata from Statistics Canada's 1996-97 National Population Health …
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Previous studies have found a strong association between source-country female labour force participation rates and immigrant women?s labour force participation in the host country. This relationship is interpreted as the enduring influence of source-country gender-role attitudes on immigrant...
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In this study, the income management strategies of Canadian couples are examined using data from the 2007 General … allocative, pooled, or separate strategy is explored. Results show that the income management strategies used by these couples … and with the amount of income received by wives or female partners. …
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This study examines how the risk of job loss and the short-term earnings losses of laid-off workers evolved between the late 1970s and the mid-2000s.
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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...
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During the 1980s and 1990s, immigration was associated with the rise in low-income rates and family-income inequality … focuses on the direct effect of immigration on the change in low income and family-income inequality over the 1995-to-2010 … period. The paper outlines recent trends in low-income rates and income inequality for both the Canadian-born and immigrants …
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This study documents the prevalence and nature of re-employment among workers who left long-term jobs in paid employment at age 50 or older. The analysis is based on a 28-year administrative panel dataset, the Longitudinal Worker File, capitalizing on its large sample size and detailed...
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places this issue within the context of research on replacement rates, the extent to which family income during the working …
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rose much more among family units whose major income recipient is a university graduate than among other family units, 4 …) real median and average wealth fell among family units whose major income recipient is aged 25-34 and increased among those … whose major income recipient is aged 55 and over, 5) the aging of the Canadian population over the 1984-1999 period has …
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