In this article we consider the factors driving variations in poverty rates among Canadian seniors from 1976-2019. Using the international poverty line which is defined as living with less than 50 percent of national median income—measured in Canada through the Low-income measure after tax (LIM-AT)—senior poverty rates declined from 1980 to the mid-1990s but have since increased. Yet according to the Canadian government’s official poverty indicator, the Market Basket Measure (MBM), senior poverty rates remain very low. We investigate these differences in poverty rates over time and consider the implications for seniors’ health and well-being. We find that increasing LIM-AT poverty rates are being driven by growing income inequalities among ...
Canadians have heard a great deal of discussion in the national media about expanding the Canada Pen...
At each stage of the life course, people experience different economic situations. Retired people, f...
On August 21st, the federal government announced that for the first time Canada would adopt an offic...
I extend the analysis of head-count measures of income and consumption poverty to all currently avai...
About 6% of seniors in Canada have family incomes below the Low-Income Measure. (The Low-Income Meas...
This article is based on most of the findings presented in a study of the Régie des rentes du Québec...
Policies that are meant to support older people in Canada might worsen inequalities. Increasingly pr...
The federal Conservative government recently began phasing in a plan to raise the age of eligibility...
Using the example of B.C., this article shows how combined federal and provincial policies prevent e...
This study is an attempt to evaluate Samuel Preston\u27s assertion that American elderly have recent...
Cet article utilise des estimés d’intensité de la pauvreté de Sen-Shorrocks-Thon pour les provinces ...
In this article, we analyse how various historical modifications to welfare and old age pensions pro...
Produced by the Mowat Centre at the School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Toronto.Hi...
Past research has shown that the Canadian pension system is relatively effective in helping seniors ...
The government of Canada has adopted the Market Basket Measure (MBM) as the preferred poverty line i...
Canadians have heard a great deal of discussion in the national media about expanding the Canada Pen...
At each stage of the life course, people experience different economic situations. Retired people, f...
On August 21st, the federal government announced that for the first time Canada would adopt an offic...
I extend the analysis of head-count measures of income and consumption poverty to all currently avai...
About 6% of seniors in Canada have family incomes below the Low-Income Measure. (The Low-Income Meas...
This article is based on most of the findings presented in a study of the Régie des rentes du Québec...
Policies that are meant to support older people in Canada might worsen inequalities. Increasingly pr...
The federal Conservative government recently began phasing in a plan to raise the age of eligibility...
Using the example of B.C., this article shows how combined federal and provincial policies prevent e...
This study is an attempt to evaluate Samuel Preston\u27s assertion that American elderly have recent...
Cet article utilise des estimés d’intensité de la pauvreté de Sen-Shorrocks-Thon pour les provinces ...
In this article, we analyse how various historical modifications to welfare and old age pensions pro...
Produced by the Mowat Centre at the School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Toronto.Hi...
Past research has shown that the Canadian pension system is relatively effective in helping seniors ...
The government of Canada has adopted the Market Basket Measure (MBM) as the preferred poverty line i...
Canadians have heard a great deal of discussion in the national media about expanding the Canada Pen...
At each stage of the life course, people experience different economic situations. Retired people, f...
On August 21st, the federal government announced that for the first time Canada would adopt an offic...