Distribution of Income and Wealth in Ontario : Theory and Evidence

Charles M. Beach, Frank Flatters, David E. Card

This book provides an extensive survey of recent literature and a new source of income and wealth distribution data for Ontario, drawn from newly available microdata sets. It also presents an evaluation of the data as a basis for measuring inequality in the distribution of economic and well-being.

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Year of publication:	2016
Authors:	Beach, Charles M.
Other Persons:	Card, David E. (contributor) ; Flatters, Frank (contributor)
Publisher:	Toronto : University of Toronto Press
Subject:	Kanada \| Canada \| Einkommensverteilung \| Income distribution \| Vermögensverteilung \| Wealth distribution \| Theorie \| Theory
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Extent:	1 online resource
Series:	Heritage
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publishers Web site, viewed Jan. 06, 2016) Frontmatter -- -- Contents -- -- Acknowledgments -- -- 1. Introduction -- -- PART ONE: EXPLANATION OF INEQUALITY -- -- 2. Supply determinants and life-cycle behaviour -- -- 3. Selected demand-side determinants of the distribution of income -- -- 4. Distributional aggregation -- -- PART TWO: DATA ON DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME AND WEALTH -- -- 5. On measuring inequality -- -- 6. Incomes of individuals -- -- 7. Incomes of family units -- -- 8. Distribution of family wealth -- -- PART THREE: IMPUTATIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME -- -- 9. Disposable income, under-reporting, and omitted receipts -- -- 10. Adjustment for cost of living and size of family -- -- 11. Adjustment for capital gains -- -- 12. Adjustment for family wealth holdings -- -- 13. Toward adjustment for net social security benefits: illustration with the Canada Pension Plan -- -- 14. Summary and conclusions -- -- APPENDICES -- -- Bibliography -- -- Backmatter
ISBN:	978-1-4426-5669-7
Other identifiers:	10.3138/9781442656697 [DOI] 10.3138/9781442656697?locatt=mode:legacy [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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