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