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Earnings Dynamics and Inequality among Canadian Men, 1976-1992: Evidence from Longitudinal Income Tax Records Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Michael Baker (University of Toronto and NBER)
Gary Solon (University of Michigan)
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Using an extraordinary database drawn from longitudinal income tax records, we decompose Canada's growth in earnings inequality into its persistent and transitory components. We find that the growth in earnings inequality reflects both an increase in long-run inequality and an increase in earnings instability. The Canadian data strongly reject several restrictions commonly imposed in the U.S. literature, and they also suggest that imposing these evidently false restrictions may lead to distorted inferences about earnings dynamics and inequality trends.
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Volume (Year): 21 (2003)
Issue (Month): 2 (April)
Pages: 267-288
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Paper Michael Baker & Gary Solon, 1998.
"Earnings Dynamics and Inequality among Canadian Men, 1976-1992: Evidence from Longitudinal Income Tax Records ,"
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baker-98-01, University of Toronto, Department of Economics.
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"Earnings Dynamics and Inequality Among Canadian Men, 1976-1992: Evidence from Longitudinal Income Tax Records ,"
Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series
1999130e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch.
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"Earnings Dynamics and Inequality among Canadian Men, 1976-1992: Evidence from Longitudinal Income Tax Records ,"
NBER Working Papers
7370, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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