What is happening to earnings inequality in Canada? / by R. Morissette, J. Myles and G. Picot.: CS11-0019/60E-PDF

"Data from the Survey of Consumer Finances covering the period 1969-1991 show that inequality in annual earnings increased in Canada during the 1980s. The rise in inequality is not solely due to the 1981-83 recession. Shifts in the composition of employment away from manufacturing and towards the service sector do not explain much of the observed rise in inequality. The growth in earnings inequality resulted partly from an increase in earnings differentials among age groups. Earnings differentials among education levels did not widen susbtantially. Most of the increase in earnings inequality occurred within groups of comparable workers, i.e. within groups of similar age and education."--Abstract.

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Department/Agency Statistics Canada. Analytical Studies Branch.
Title What is happening to earnings inequality in Canada? / by R. Morissette, J. Myles and G. Picot.
Series title Research paper series ; no. 60
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: L'inégalité des gains au Canada : le point sur la situation.
Digitized edition from print [produced by Statistics Canada].
Includes bibliographic references.
Publishing information [Ottawa] : Statistics Canada, 1993.
Author / Contributor Morissette, R. (René), 1959-
Myles, John,1943-
Picot, W. G.
Description [54] p.
Catalogue number
  • CS11-0019/60E-PDF
Subject terms Salaries
Inequality
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