Growing Old Gracefully, An Investigation into the Growing Number of Bankrupt Canadians over age 55 — Table of Contents

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A research project funded by the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy

March 31, 2006

Investigators: 

Angela Redish, Professor and Department Head, UBC Economics Department
Janis Sarra, Associate Professor and Associate Dean, UBC Faculty of Law
Margaret Schabas, Professor and Department Head, UBC Department of Philosophy

Table of Contents

I. Introduction

II. Research Objectives

III. Context for the Study

IV. Methodological Approach

V. Consumer Bankruptcy as an Economic Adjustment Tool

VI. Sample of 1,000 Files of Bankrupts over Age 55

VII. Qualitative Survey

VIII. Conclusion and Further Research

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