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100			_aChen, Wen-Hao et al _938174
245			_aPoverty and sources of income support among older people with disabilities and out of work: Comparison of Canada and the United Kingdom
260			_aJournal of Social Policy
300			_a51(4), Oct, 2022: p.792-812
520			_aThe debate about extending working lives in response to population ageing often overlooks the lack of employment opportunity for older adults with disabilities. Without work, their living standards depend heavily on government transfers. This study contributes to the literature on health inequalities by analysing the sources of income and poverty outcomes for people aged 50 to 64 in two liberal democratic countries yet with contrasting disability benefit contexts – Canada and the United Kingdom. This choice of countries offers the opportunity to assess whether the design of benefit systems has led the most disadvantaged groups to fare differently between countries. Overall, disabled older persons without work faced a markedly higher risk of poverty in Canada than in the UK. Public transfers played a much greater role in the UK, accounting for two-thirds of household income among low-educated groups, compared with one-third in Canada. The average benefit amount received was similar in both countries, but the coverage of disabled people was much lower in Canada than in the UK, leading to a high poverty risk among disabled people out of work. Our findings highlight the importance of income support systems in preventing the widening of the poverty-disability gap at older ages. – Reproduced
650			_aPoverty, Welfare, Health inequalities, Older workers, Comparative studies. _936330
773			_aJournal of Social Policy
906			_aPOVERTY
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