Taxes, transfers, and Canadian income inequality

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 389-411

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

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Income inequality; Redistribution; Social transfers; Taxes

Indexed keywords

INCOME; TAX INCENTIVE;

CANADA;

EID: 75649117068     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cpp.35.4.389     Document Type: Article

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