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Why do children move into and out of low income : changing labour market conditions or marriage and divorce?
Picot, Garnett; Zyblock, M.; Pyper, W. - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001370096
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Social transfers, changing family structure and low income among children
Picot, Garnett - In: Canadian public policy : a journal for the discussion … 22 (1996) 3, pp. 244-267
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Preparing for success in Canada and the United States : the determinants of educational attainment among the children of immigrants
Picot, Garnett; Hou, Feng - 2010
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Seeking success in Canada and the United States : the determinants of labour market outcomes among the children of immigrants
Picot, Garnett; Hou, Feng - 2010
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Seeking Success in Canada and the United States : The Determinants of Labour Market Outcomes Among the Children of Immigrants
Picot, Garnett; Hou, Feng - 2012
Canada and in the U.S. New research on labour market outcomes in Canada is also presented. In the aggregate, and with no … U.S., the second generation’s advantage in labour market outcomes disappears; in Canada, among second-generation members …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014172076
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Social Transfers, Changing Family Structure, and Low Income Among Children
Picot, Garnett; Myles, John - 2008
Our aim in this paper is to resolve a paradox. Since the 1970s, there has been a downward secular trend in the average real and relative earnings of young adults under the age of 35. Despite the fact that most young children live in households headed by adults under 35, there has been no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014113090
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Social Transfers, Earnings and Low-Income Intensity Among Canadian Children, 1981-96 : Highlighting Recent Development in Low-Income Measurement
Myles, John; Picot, Garnett - 2010
In this paper, we revisit trends in low-income among Canadian children by taking advantage of recent developments in the measurement of low-income intensity. We focus in particular on the Sen-Shorrocks-Thon (SST) index and its elaboration by Osberg and Xu. Low-income intensity declined in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014155492
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Why Do Children Move into and Out of Low Income : Changing Labor Market Conditions or Marriage and Divorce?
Picot, Garnett; Zyblock, Myles; Pyper, Wendy - 1999
Child poverty is high on the government's agenda. In order to reduce the rate of low-income among children, one has to either reduce the number of children flowing into low-income, or increase the number flowing out. But what is behind such movement? Most analysts would immediately think of job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014192682
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Preparing for Success in Canada and the United States : The Determinants of Educational Attainment Among the Children of Immigrants
Picot, Garnett - 2012
immigrants born in Canada and the United States, also known as the second generation. The focus is on the gap in educational … educational levels significantly above those of their counterparts in Canada with Canadian-born parents. In the U.S., educational … third-and-higher generations remains in Canada. In Canada, parental education is less important as a determinant of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013109708