The December jobs report has sparked a fresh argument on an issue as old as the recovery: whether unemployment is dropping because of new jobs, or because people have stopped looking.
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Home is where the heart is for Alberta Baby Boomers
CALGARY — A new survey says 85 per cent of Alberta Baby Boomers, not yet retired, prefer to stay in their current home and pay for home care as needed, which is higher than the national average of 83 per cent.
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BABY BOOMERS: Yeah, We’re Leaving The Labor Force Alright — Because We Can’t Get Back In It
Getting old is hard.
Getting old and getting shut out of the workforce is misery.
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Baby boomers not yet rushing to downsize homes
TORONTO — Baby boomers may be looking to trade their traditional single-family homes for the convenience and comfort of the condo craze, but a mass exodus is likely still a long ways off, real-estate experts and recent retirees say.
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Boomers a Boon to Urban Home Builders
Bobbi and Jack Segel have adored their enormous Victorian home in Highland Park, Ill. for nearly two decades, but it seems so quiet there now. Too quiet.
“This is a huge house. I don’t have kids running out any more. The dogs are gone,” said Bobbi with a nostalgic laugh.
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Challenges in construction labour market
CALGARY — A just-released forecast of labour supply and demand says construction will need to recruit more than 250,000 workers, including the traditional number of new entrants to the workforce, to meet building needs from now until 2021 in Canada.
A large portion of this need, about 210,000, is to replace retiring workers, according to the Construction Looking Forward, National Summary, 2013-2021, published by the Construction Sector Council.
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Nearly half of Baby Boomers have no intention of downsizing
CALGARY — Despite the perception that aging Baby Boomers may create an oversupply of traditional single-family homes as they downsize into smaller residences, a new Royal LePage Real Estate survey, released Tuesday, shows that demand for suburban detached homes remains strong among Baby Boomers and Generation Y.
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Younger generation won’t be able to cover health tab for baby-boomers: researchers
CALGARY—Canada’s “pay-as-you-go” health funding model hasn’t socked away enough cash to care for aging baby-boomers — and younger generations might not be willing to cover the looming medical system tab, Calgary researchers say.
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