Reforming old age security: income distribution and poverty among single senior Canadian women

Canada's public pension programs have raised seniors' incomes, but have not succeeded in lifting some, especially single women, above the Low Income Cut-Off. Old Age Security (OAS) may need structural reforms, due to its nearly universal nature and its use of an individual income test. Man...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Longley, Autumn Myrdell
Other Authors: Gagné, Linda
Language:English
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Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1968