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Supply management and household poverty in Canada

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  • Pierre Desrochers

    (University of Toronto Mississauga)

  • Vincent Geloso

    (Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University)

  • Alexandre Moreau

    (Institut économique de Montréal)

Abstract

The regulation of the Canadian dairy and poultry industries through production quotas (also known as supply management) is widely believed to result in higher consumer prices that disproportionately impact poorer households. Using the most recent Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (Statistics Canada 2013), we estimate the number of Canadians pushed below the poverty/low-income threshold as a result of this policy as ranging between 133,000 and 189,000 individuals.

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  • Pierre Desrochers & Vincent Geloso & Alexandre Moreau, 2018. "Supply management and household poverty in Canada," International Review of Economics, Springer;Happiness Economics and Interpersonal Relations (HEIRS), vol. 65(2), pages 231-240, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:inrvec:v:65:y:2018:i:2:d:10.1007_s12232-018-0295-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s12232-018-0295-x
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    Keywords

    Supply management; Agricultural production quotas; Canadian household expenses; Inequality; Poverty;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q13 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness
    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty

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