The tale of the tails: Canadian income inequality in the 1980s and 1990s

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 734-764

  Frenette, Marc ^a   Green, David A ^b   Milligan, Kevin ^b  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CYCLE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; TAX SYSTEM;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34547218951     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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