What caused earnings inequality to increase in Canada during the 1980s?

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-175

  MacPhail, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Earnings inequality; Unemployment; Unionisation

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE;

CANADA;

EID: 0034108721     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/24.2.153     Document Type: Article

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