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Spring 2007
The Spring 2007 print edition of Perspectives on Labour and Income contains six articles, all of which have appeared previously in its online edition.
"Revisiting wealth inequality" finds that major changes in the wealth structure have taken place over the last two decades. These changes suggest that Canadian families are becoming increasingly unequal in their capacity to deal with income shocks.
"Work hours instability" looks at the annual hours of employees over a five-year period (1997 to 2001) to determine what proportion experience variable work years and how their well-being is affected.
"Canada's unemployment mosaic, 2000 to 2006" examines issues of unemployment since the beginning of the decade, focusing mainly on the 28 census metropolitan areas.
"The Aboriginal labour force in Western Canada" compares the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations in Western Canada in terms of employment, occupational distribution, and skill level.
"Young pensioners" explores trends in pension uptake between ages 50 and 60 and post-pension employment during the 1990s and the first part of this decade. The aim is to offer some clues as to the direction the wave of retiring baby boomers may take.
"Defining retirement" examines the challenges faced by statistical organizations in measuring retirement and offers several recommendations to inform a discussion for arriving at international standards.
This edition also features a new fact sheet on personal debt in Canada and the United States and "What's New?" highlights recent studies of interest from Statistics Canada and other organizations.
The Spring 2007 issue of Perspectives on Labour and Income, Vol. 19, no. 1 (75-001-XPE, $20/$63) is now available.
For more information, contact Henry Pold (613-951-4608; henry.pold@statcan.gc.ca), Labour and Household Surveys Analysis Division.
