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How Do Parents Affect the Life Chances of Their Children as Adults? An Idiosyncratic Review

Ermisch, John - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2003

From genes to bequests, parents have important influences on the income, health and general living standards of their … children as adults. The purpose of this paper is to review how parents affect the life chances of their children, with a …

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2 1/2 Proposals to Save Social Security

Fretz, Deborah; Veall, Michael - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2000

This is a review article of three books that deal with the problems facing the U.S. Social Security system. One deals with the OASDI (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) financial shortfall and proposes an alternative plan with both a tier one benefit and a tier two provision based on...

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Public Pensions in Canada

Burbidge, John - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 1996

Intergenerational transfers occur within every society. Those who are able to provide for more than their own needs directly or indirectly provide resources to those who are unable to care for themselves. Each society must somehow choose from the set of all possible transfers a particular...

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2 1/2 Proposals to Save Social Security

Fretz, Deborah; Veall, Michael R. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2000

This is a review article of three books that deal with the problems facing the U.S. Social Security system. One deals with the OASDI (Old- Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) financial shortfall and proposes an alternative plan with both a tier one benefit and a tier two provision based on...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181104

Ethnic Inequality in Canada: Economic and Health Dimensions

Gee, Ellen M.; Kobayashi, Karen M.; Prus, Steven - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2007

This study examines ethnic based differences in economic and health status. We combine existing literature with our analysis of data from the Canadian Census and National Population Health Survey. If a given sub-topic is well researched, we summarize the findings; if, on the other hand, less is...

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Describing Disability among High and Low Income Status Older Adults in Canada

Raina, Parminder; Wong, Micheline; Chambers, Larry W.; … - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2000

conditions that may have caused disabilities among non-institutionalized older adults by high and low income. Disabled … as many senior women had low income compared with senior men. Mobility and agility disabilities were the most common … reported by low and high income respondents. Among 55-64 year olds, low income respondents were generally less likely to be …

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Healthy Aging at Older Ages: Are Income and Education Important?

Buckley, Neil J.; Denton, Frank T.; Robb, A. Leslie; … - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2004

Income Dynamics, we study the health transitions for those who were in good health in the first year, focussing especially on … income and education. The initial good health restriction removes from the sample those whose incomes may have been affected … -- that changes in health status over the subsequent two years are related in particular to income and education. …

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The Changing Economic Circumstances of the Older Population: A Cohort Analysis

Denton, Frank T.; Spencer, Byron G. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 1996

then goes on to consider changes in patterns of labour force participation of older age groups, their income levels and …

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The Independence and Economic Security of Older Women Living Alone

Smith, Rebecca; Magee, Lonnie; Robb, Leslie; Burbidge, John - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 1997

Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) and The Family Expenditure Survey (FAMEX). We examine Income and Expenditure Patterns over … of the older group of these women (ages 60-75) grew more rapidly over the period. The growth in income has gone almost …

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Healthy Aging at Older Ages: Are Income and Education Important?

Buckley, Neil J.; Denton, Frank T.; Robb, A. Leslie; … - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2004

Income Dynamics, we study the health transitions for those who were in good health in the first year, focussing especially on … income and education. The initial good health restriction removes from the sample those whose incomes may have been affected … that changes in health status over the subsequent two years are related in particular to income and education. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763392