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The Fiscal Implications of Canadians’ Working Longer

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  • William B.P. Robson

    (C.D. Howe Institute)

  • Colin Busby

    (C.D. Howe Institute)

  • Aaron Jacobs

    (C.D. Howe Institute)

Abstract

Canada’s greying workforce will spell big fiscal trouble for future taxpayers, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “The Fiscal Implications of Canadians’ Working Longer,” authors William Robson, Colin Busby, and Aaron Jacobs find that demographic change is squeezing the budgets of Canadian governments—increasing the costs of public programs and eroding the tax base as the growth in traditional working-age people flatlines.

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  • William B.P. Robson & Colin Busby & Aaron Jacobs, 2017. "The Fiscal Implications of Canadians’ Working Longer," e-briefs 268, C.D. Howe Institute.
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    1. Marcel Boyer & Sebastien Boyer, 2013. "The Main Challenge of Our Times: A Population Growing Younger," e-briefs 161, C.D. Howe Institute.
    2. Peter Hicks, 2012. "Later Retirement: the Win-Win Solution," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 345, March.
    3. William B.P. Robson & Alexandre Laurin, 2015. "Drawing Down Our Savings: The Prospects for RRIF Holders Following the 2015 Federal Budget," e-briefs 210, C.D. Howe Institute.
    4. Ake Blomqvist & Colin Busby, 2014. "Paying for the Boomers: Long-Term Care and Intergenerational Equity," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 415, September.
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    1. Colin Busby, 2018. "Not Just for Kids: How to Improve Adult Vaccination Uptake in Canada," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 509, April.
    2. William B.P. Robson & Parisa Mahboubi, 2018. "Inflated Expectations: More Immigrants Can’t Solve Canada’s Aging Problem on Their Own," e-briefs 274, C.D. Howe Institute.

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    Keywords

    Health; Fiscal and Tax Policy;

    JEL classification:

    • H5 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies
    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics

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