The Diversification and the Privatization of the Sources of Retirement Income in Canada

Long Mo, Jacques Légaré and Leroy Stone

Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers from McMaster University

Abstract: Recent labour market developments in the context of population ageing have generated many changes concerning sources of retirement income. More precisely, this paper, which is based on two Statistics Canada surveys (Survey of Consumer Finances and Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics,) will look at the processes of diversification and privatisation of income sources of Canada’s retirees during the period 1980-2002. This study has used the concept of individualized income based on the economic family in order to consider economies of scale and revenue sharing. An appropriate assessment of the composition of retirement income sources has been realized, while discerning five distinct categories: net government transfer payments, CPP/QPP benefits, private pensions, investment income and employment income. The situation of older women living alone and of older immigrants has been more carefully analyzed in order to detect some particularities among those two vulnerable groups. The results of this study demonstrate that retirees’ income composition has undergone many changes. In addition, sources of retirement income have become substantially more diversified and privatized during the period under study. These adjustments are becoming essential in western societies in order to overcome the obstacles caused by population ageing that could disrupt pension systems.

Keywords: Retirement; pensions; financial security; Canada (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2006-07
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