Add to ORKGLike the US, Canada has experienced pronounced growth in earnings inequality over the past three decades. But what is less well known is how this inequality differs between regions. In new research, Sébastien Breau finds that inequality is higher in the western provinces compared to the eastern ones, and between urban and rural regions. He writes that these geographical differences in inequality are linked to a region’s industrial composition, local demographics, and the decline in unionization rates and cutbacks to government welfare programs
The rise of economic inequalities in advanced economies has been often linked with the growth of spa...
Regional income inequality within countries is an important contributor to global income inequality....
Inequality is on the rise in Canada and this state of affairs has provoked outrage and demands for r...
From 1981 to 2011, Canada, like many other OECD countries, experienced a sharp increase in income in...
In spite of data and methodological challenges, research has largely reached the conclusion that ear...
There is a general consensus that economic inequality increased in Canada between 1996 and 2006. How...
This paper investigates changes in the distribution of earnings across 87 metropolitan areas in Cana...
This paper investigates changes in the distribution of earnings across 87 metropolitan areas in Cana...
This paper investigates the effects of income inequality on regional economic growth in Canada over ...
Several recent studies have found that earnings inequality in Canada has grown considerably since th...
Conventional wisdom has it that U. S. society is both richer and more unequal than Canadian society,...
As has been the case in the U.S., the level of inequality in Canada has been on the rise since the 1...
In this paper, we document some features of the distribution of income, con-sumption and wealth in C...
Inequality is on the rise in Canada and this state of affairs has provoked outrage and demands for r...
In this paper, I demonstrate that higher levels of union membership and NDP provincial governments a...
The rise of economic inequalities in advanced economies has been often linked with the growth of spa...
Regional income inequality within countries is an important contributor to global income inequality....
Inequality is on the rise in Canada and this state of affairs has provoked outrage and demands for r...
From 1981 to 2011, Canada, like many other OECD countries, experienced a sharp increase in income in...
In spite of data and methodological challenges, research has largely reached the conclusion that ear...
There is a general consensus that economic inequality increased in Canada between 1996 and 2006. How...
This paper investigates changes in the distribution of earnings across 87 metropolitan areas in Cana...
This paper investigates changes in the distribution of earnings across 87 metropolitan areas in Cana...
This paper investigates the effects of income inequality on regional economic growth in Canada over ...
Several recent studies have found that earnings inequality in Canada has grown considerably since th...
Conventional wisdom has it that U. S. society is both richer and more unequal than Canadian society,...
As has been the case in the U.S., the level of inequality in Canada has been on the rise since the 1...
In this paper, we document some features of the distribution of income, con-sumption and wealth in C...
Inequality is on the rise in Canada and this state of affairs has provoked outrage and demands for r...
In this paper, I demonstrate that higher levels of union membership and NDP provincial governments a...
The rise of economic inequalities in advanced economies has been often linked with the growth of spa...
Regional income inequality within countries is an important contributor to global income inequality....
Inequality is on the rise in Canada and this state of affairs has provoked outrage and demands for r...