Population ageing, time allocation and human capital: A general equilibrium analysis for Canada

Economic Modelling

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-39

  Fougère, Maxime ^a   Harvey, Simon ^a   Mercenier, Jean ^b   Mérette, Marcel ^c  

^a Policy Research Directorate   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PANTHÉON ASSAS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageing; Human capital; Labour supply; Overlapping generations model; Time allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349113276     PISSN: 02649993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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