The relationship between employment and retirement is changing dramatically. In contrast to an earlier pattern of relatively stable career employment leading to retirement around age 65, increasing numbers of men and women are leaving their major employment situation earlier. The process of...

Few Canadian firms have explicit policies dealing with the aging of their workforces, other than pension policies geared to a conventional retirement age. However, other firm policies have unanticipated consequences that apply differentially to older and younger workers. This paper reviews...

In Canada, public policy sets only a very broad framework concerning older worker issues. Few Canadian firms have explicit policies dealing with the ageing of their workforces but many firm policies have unanticipated consequences for older workers and the age composition of the workforce....

In Canada, public policy sets only a very broad framework concerning older worker issues. Few Canadian firms have explicit policies dealing with the ageing of their workforces but many firm policies have unanticipated consequences for older workers and the age composition of the workforce....

In times of health reform, fiscal restraint and population aging, it becomes increasingly imperative to understand what must be done to better link research and policy in the health area. In this paper, the major determinants of healthy aging are discussed in terms of current conceptual...

In this paper, we examine some of the public policy that provides financial support to individuals who are no longer in the labour force. We argue that these programs neglect the specific needs of individuals who are considered older by labour force standards and who are yet too young to collect...

This paper investigates the relationship between income security policies and mothers' poverty. We evaluate qualitatively how changes to Ontario's social welfare system brought about by the 1997 Social Assistance Reform Act have affected mothers' financial security. We find that cuts to social...