Intergenerational reliance on social assistance: Evidence from Canada

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 539-562

  Beaulieu, Nicolas ^a,b,c   Duclos, Jean Yves ^a,b   Fortin, Bernard ^a,b,d   Rouleau, Manon ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CIRPÉE ^*  (Canada)

^c ANALYSIS GROUP   (United States)

^d CIRANO   (Canada)

^e Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC)   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian welfare programmes; Dynamics of social assistance participation; Intergenerational correlation

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844445185     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-005-0221-x     Document Type: Review

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