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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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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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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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This paper outlines the structure of payroll taxes and documents evidence on the level, growth and role of each component over the last three decades for Canada and for each province. Levied by both the federal and provincial governments, payroll taxes in Canada include four major components: i)...
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