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Canadian Inequality: Recent Development and Policy Options

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  • Fortin, Nicole M.
  • Green, David A.
  • Lemieux, Thomas
  • Milligan, Kevin
  • Riddell, W. Craig

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Considerable concern has recently been expressed about growing income inequality. Much of the discussion, though, has been in general terms and focused on the U.S. experience. To understand whether and how Canada ought to respond to this development, we need to be clear on the facts. This paper documents Canadian patterns in income inequality and investigates the top 1% of earners – the group receiving much attention. We summarize what is known about the causes of growing income inequality, including the role of gender wage differences. Finally we outline policy options for reducing -- or slowing the growth of -- inequality.

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Paper provided by UBC Department of Economics in its series CLSRN Working Papers with number clsrn_admin-2012-18.

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Length: 44 pages
Date of creation: 30 May 2012
Date of revision: 30 May 2012
Handle: RePEc:ubc:clssrn:clsrn_admin-2012-18

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Keywords: income inequality; polarization; technical change; tax and transfer system; minimum wages; gender wage gap; unions; globalization;

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  1. Andrew Sharpe & Evan Capeluck, 2012. "The Impact of Redistribution on Income Inequality in Canada and the Provinces, 1981-2010," CSLS Research Reports 2012-08, Centre for the Study of Living Standards.
  2. Paul Makdissi & Myra Yazbeck, 2012. "On the Measurement of Indignation," Working Papers 1213E, University of Ottawa, Department of Economics.

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