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 …

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

the short and long-term outcomes of welfare leavers across three dimensions: earnings, disposable income and low-income …