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Creating the Canada/Quebec Pension Plans: An Historical and Political Analysis
Babich, Kristina; Béland, Daniel - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2007
the Canada/Quebec Pension Plans (C/Q.P.P.) in 1965. More specifically, this analysis underlines the respective role of and … private pensions in Canada. As argued, although the ideas that guided the enactment of C/Q.P.P. stressed the key role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763312
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The Effects of Drug Subsidies on Out-of Pocket Prescription Drug Expenditures by Seniors: Regional Evidence from Canada
Crossley, Thomas F.; Grootendorst, Paul; Korkmaz, Sule; … - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2000
Between 1970 and 1986 all Canadian provinces introduced some version of a prescription drug subsidy for those age 65 or over and since 1986, all the provinces have increased copayments or deductibles to some degree. Employing a first-order approximation to the welfare gains from a subsidy, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005404436
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The Effects of Drug Subsidies on Out-of Pocket Prescription Drug Expenditures by Seniors: Regional Evidence from Canada
Crossley, Thomas F.; Grootendorst, Paul; Korkmaz, Sule; … - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2000
Between 1970 and 1986 all Canadian provinces introduced some version of a prescription drug subsidy for those age 65 or over and since 1986, all the provinces have increased copayments or deductibles to some degree. Employing a first-order approximation to the welfare gains from a subsidy, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005635316
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The Politics of Social Policy Reform in the United States: The Clinton and the W. Bush Presidencies Reconsidered
Béland, Daniel; Waddan, Alex - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2008
The purpose of this paper is to examine what key reform attempts during the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush presidencies reveal about the wider possibilities for social policy change in the United States. Most particularly, why were Presidents Clinton and Bush able to achieve their goals in some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763259
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The surprisingly large policy implications of changing retirement durations
Hicks, Peter - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2011
The paper reviews evidence that suggests that, over the coming two decades, people are likely to stay in the work force at least five years longer, possibly by considerably more. The implications for policy are surprisingly large and surprisingly unrecognized. Recent trends, if extended into the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009144509
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Revue de la littérature sur l’évolution future de l’espérance de vie et de l’espérance de vie en santé
Bourbeau, Robert; Légaré, Jacques; Ouellette, Nadine - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2011
Like many industrialized countries, Canada is experiencing significant population aging and this phenomenon, inherited …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368558
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Comparing Racial and Immigrant Health Status and Health Care Access in Later Life in Canada and the United States
Prus, Steven G.; Tfaily, Rania; Lin, Zhiqiu - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2010
Little comparative research exists on health experiences and conditions of minority groups in Canada and the United …. Logistic regression analysis of data from the 2002–2003 Joint Canada/United States Survey of Health shows that the joint effect … largely insignifi cant in Canada but considerable in the U.S. Non-White native and foreign-born Americans within both 45-to-64 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693062
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"It Looks at All of You" -- Elders' Understanding and Utilization of Traditional Medicines in a Canadian First Nation Community
Matthews, Ralph; Ibrahim, Tamara Jennifer; … - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2010
First Nation (Native Indian) people in Canada have higher incidences of every major disease than do the Canadian … treatment strategies as an appropriate approach to the health problems of Canada's First Nation communities. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008752701
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Thoughts from a user of results of Statistics Canada's LifePaths Microsimulation Model
Légaré, Jacques - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2012
As for more than ten years, my name has been many time associated with Statistics Canada’s LifePaths Microsimulation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010550448
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An Inventory of Canadian Microsimulation Models
Décarie, Yann; Boissonneault, Michaël; Légaré, Jacques - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2012
developed in Canada in the last two decades. Morever, information was provided about the people or entities that participated in … Association (IMA) as well as on Statistics Canada‘s Internet page. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010551723