Because the concept of retirement is prominent in both popular thinking and academic studies,
it would be helpful if the notion were analytically sound, could be measured with precision…

Since the prevalence of many chronic health conditions increases with age, we might
anticipate that as the population ages the proportion with one or more such conditions, and the …

This is a study of the influence of socioeconomic factors on the state of health of older
Canadians. Three years of panel data from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics are used …

Methods for time series modeling of mortality and stochastic forecasting of life expectancies
are explored, using Canadian data. Consideration is given first to alternative indexes of …

The Expert Panel on Older Workers made recommendations designed to increase the labour
force participation of older workers. We explore the implications that higher rates of older-…

The aging of the population is expected to result in substantial increases in the costs of
maintaining health care and pension programs, and that is a source of widespread concern. …

Les determinants de la participation des femmes mariees au marche du travail: une etude
micro-economique de menages de Toronto. Cette etude est basee sur des observations de …

The Canadian population is aging as the children of the “baby boom” move into and through
middle age and then on toward the retirement years. The “baby bust” that followed the …

The effects of population aging on future health care costs are an important public policy
concern in many countries. We focus in this paper on physician services and investigate how …

Sixty-five has long been used to define the beginning of “old age”. Yet it is clear that the
definition is arbitrary, and with continuing reductions in mortality and morbidity rates it will …