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Impact of a guaranteed annual income program on Canadian seniors' physical, mental and functional health. [PDF]
Can J Public Health, 2016 Although there is widespread recognition that poverty is a key determinant of health, there has been less research on the impact of poverty reduction on health. Recent calls for a guaranteed annual income (GAI), defined as regular income provided to citizens by the state regardless of work status, raise questions about the impact, relative to the costs,
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How a Guaranteed Annual Income Could Put Food Banks Out of Business [PDF]
The School of Public Policy Publications, 2013 The federal Conservative government recently began phasing in a plan to raise the age of eligibility for Old Age Security from 65 to 67. But a more sensible move for improving the effectiveness of Canada’s social safety-net system may be to actually ...
J.C. Herbert Emery +2 more
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Transitioning to a guaranteed annual income and the impact on activities of daily living in older adults: Evidence from public pensions in Canada using the CLSA. [PDF]
Can J Public HealthStatistically model the likelihood of changes in the activities of daily living (ADLs) over time for three groups of older adults: those on a pension at all time periods, those never on a pension, and those who transition onto a public pension.Our study used data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), a large national survey.
Jiménez LJ, Dutton DJ.
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Health PolicyOld Age Security (OAS) represents an public policy through which income-related inequalities in health may be improved. The goal of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the health benefits of receiving OAS in financially insecure older Canadians.Using data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) (n=15,691), ordered logistic ...
Luke Duignan, Daniel J. Dutton
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The employer response to the guaranteed annual income
Socio-Economic Review, 2018 AbstractHow do firms react when the whole labor force has access to a guaranteed income? One view argues that the guaranteed income is an employer subsidy, facilitating low wages and a ‘low-road’ industrial strategy. The second view suggests that in providing an alternative to work, the guaranteed income tightens labor markets and pulls wages up.
David Calnitsky
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A Guaranteed Annual Income Benefits the Health of Canadians with Chronic Illness
, 2016 Chronic illness is currently the number one cause of death in Canada and the largest cost to our increasingly unsustainable healthcare system. Unfortunately, the massive fiscal and social cost of chronic illness is only expected to get worse as the Canadian population ages. Economists, researchers and politicians across Canada have suggested that novel
J. Abinader
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The Implications of a guaranteed annual income for employment, wages, and prices
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Gregory Jones
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Income Adequacy Among Canadian Seniors: Helping Singles Most [PDF]
The School of Public Policy Publications, 2014 Canadians have heard a great deal of discussion in the national media about expanding the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), driven by concerns that many will retire without having made proper arrangements to adequately replace their incomes with pensions and ...
Philip Bazel, Jack M. Mintz
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Assessment of Exchange Options for Attracting External Financing by Small and Medium Businesses [PDF]
Техника и технология пищевых производств, 2021 Introduction. The choice and justification of options for attracting investments are relevant for the development of any organization. The research objective was to assess exchange-traded options for attracting investment by small and medium businesses ...
Elena N. Starchenko +1 more
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The Role of Universal Basic Income in Preventing and Ending Homelessness
International Journal on Homelessness, 2021 There are growing calls for Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a means of reducing poverty and addressing the changing nature of work. UBI involves the provision of a cash payment to all adult citizens, which is sufficient to live on and either does not ...
Nick Kerman
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