may play substantively different roles. The findings suggest that university-going is less common among lower-income … students and members of a visible minority group in the U.S. than among their Canadian counterparts. Some possible reasons are …

have longer spell lengths than those in higher income families and, among these low-income families, lone-parents and … couples with children generally spend more time living in low-income neighbourhoods than childless couples and unattached … residing in low-income neighbourhoods (residential 'spells'). Although the length of new spells is generally substantial (at …

We present new evidence on levels and trends in after-tax income inequality in Canada between 1980 and 2000. We argue … that existing data sources may miss changes in the tails of the income distribution, and that much of the changes in the … income distribution have been in the tails. Our data are constructed from Census files, which are augmented with predicted …

median- fell over the past decade in both nations. Adding in the role of government income taxes and transfers, families …

This study investigates trends in family income inequality in the 1980s and 1990s, with particular attention paid to …

particular, students from lower income families saw the largest increase in university participation, which is consistent with … university degree-granting institutions in Canada. Students who do not have access to a local university are far less likely to … go on to university than students who grew up near a university, likely due to the added cost of moving away to attend …

sex, province, family income, and parental education, students living near a college are more likely to attend college … groups of students who are from lower- and middle-income families, and who live far away from universities. Although there …Previous research suggests that high-school students living beyond commuting distance from a university are far less …

shortly after high school graduation. Students that grow up near a university can save on costs by staying home to attend the … local university and thus may be more likely to attend. Using the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, a database of … postal codes, it was possible to estimate the straight-line distances between the homes of high school students prior to …

late 1990s. The findings suggest that the enrolment gap between students from higher and lower socio-economic backgrounds …