Canadian inequality: Recent developments and policy options

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-145

  Fortin, Nicole ^a   Green, David A ^a   Lemieux, Thomas ^a   Milligan, Kevin ^a   Riddell, W Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender wage gap; Globalization; Income inequality; Minimum wages; Polarization; Tax and transfer system; Technical change; Unions

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; GROWTH RATE; INCOME; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; WAGE GAP;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862638714     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cpp.38.2.121     Document Type: Review

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