groups, they ignore the distribution and concentration of income. These aspects are important for understanding the …, the distribution and concentration of income have been examined among 15 broad birthplace groups for population aged 55 … years and over. About 19% of males and 15% of females receive less than half the median income and obtain 5% and 3% of the …

This study uses census data to focus on low-income among immigrants, and asks a number of questions: (1) have low-income ….), (3) do low-income rates fall as new immigrants acquire Canadian experience, and are there signs that low-income rates …) in the major Canadian cities, to what extent was the deterioration in the city level low-income rates during the 1990s …

-country female labour force participation rates and source-country gender-role attitudes associated with immigrant women?s wages in …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 …

During the 1980s and 1990s, immigration was associated with the rise in low-income rates and family-income inequality … in Canada. Over the 2000s, there were significant changes in the labour market and in immigrant selection. This paper … focuses on the direct effect of immigration on the change in low income and family-income inequality over the 1995-to-2010 …

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. …

the gap is generally below $10,000. Various decomposition results indicate that the age of the major income recipient (and … of the spouse for married families) as well as factors affecting permanent income explain a significant portion of the … distribution, however, the wealth gap cannot be explained by the age of the major income recipient, permanent income factors, or …

This paper revisits trends in the level and distribution of income among Canadian seniors in the context of what is … the elderly, due mainly to C/QPP benefits. Rising real incomes went disproportionately to lower income seniors … private earnings-related pension systems. The expanded role of earnings-related pensions in the 1980s and 1990s is largely the …