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Pensions at a Glance 2009: Highlights for Canada

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23-Jun-2009

The proportion of retirement incomes coming from private pensions and other financial assets in Canada  is one of the highest among the 30 OECD countries. Old-age income safety-nets are amongst the highest in the OECD, helping Canada have one of the lowest poverty levels...

Trends in Severe Disability Among Elderly People (Health Working Paper No. 26)

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30-Mar-2007

Gaétan Lafortune, Gaëlle Balestat

As the number and share of the population aged 65 and over will continue to grow steadily in OECD countries over the next decades, improvements in the functional status of elderly people could help mitigate the rise in the demand for, and hence expenditure on, long-term care.

Social Policy Studies: Private Pensions in OECD Countries: Canada No. 15

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01-Feb-1995

Given their ageing populations, OECD countries are beginning to re-examine the balance between public and private provisions for income in retirement. There is considerable interest in increasing the contribution ...