Income replacement rates among canadian seniors: The effect of widowhood and divorce

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 471-495

  LaRochelle Coté, Sébastien ^a   Myles, John ^b   Picot, Garnett ^c  

^a Labour Statistics Division   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Divorce; Income security; Old age; Replacement rate; Widowhood

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; ELDERLY POPULATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MODEL TEST; PENSION SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS;

CANADA;

EID: 84872531668     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/CPP.38.4.471     Document Type: Article

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