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Immigration and Location Choices of Native-Born Workers in Canada
Aydede, Yigit - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014
There are two competing views on how immigration would affect local labor markets. When immigrants offer skills similar to those of native-born workers, they may compete directly with them, and this competition may lead to lower economic returns for native-born workers. This view can be called...
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Labour Market Matters - June 2014
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014
According to the standard economic model of crime, which assumes that individuals are rational decisions makers who consider the opportunity cost of crime and take into account the possibility of getting caught and punished; the concern that immigration can cause increases in crime is warranted,...
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Marché du travail en revue - Juin 2014
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014
Selon le modèle économique normal de la criminalité, qui suppose que les gens prennent des décisions de façon rationnelle, en considérant le coût d’opportunité du crime et en tenant compte de la possibilité d’être pris et puni, on se pose la question de savoir si l’immigration...
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Labour Market Matters - July 2014
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014
Recent trends in inequality and poverty across Western Canada, a region known for its energy resources, seem to correspond to movements in energy prices, with much of the rise in inequality and decline in poverty taking place during the energy boom from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. These...
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The Distributional Impacts of an Energy Boom in Western Canada
Marchand, Joseph - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014
In the energy-rich region of Western Canada, inequality rose over the past two decades, while poverty declined, begging the question of whether the recent energy boom was a contributing factor. This study uses measures of inequality and poverty across local labor markets that vary in energy...
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Marché du travail en revue - Juillet 2014
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014
Les récentes tendances de l’inégalité et de la pauvreté dans l’Ouest du Canada, région connue pour ses ressources énergétiques, semblent suivre les variations des prix de l’énergie, le plus gros de la hausse de l’inégalité et de la pauvreté s’étant produit lors du boom de...
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Why Have Poorer Neighbourhoods Stagnated Economically, While the Richer have Flourished? Neighbourhood Income Inequality in Canadian Cities
Chen, W. H.; Myles, John; Picot, Garnett - Vancouver School of Economics - 2011
Higher income neighbourhoods in Canada’s eight largest cities flourished economically during the past quarter century … outcomes between richer and poorer neighbourhoods originated in the labour market, or in family formation patterns. Changes in … richer from poorer neighbourhoods. Rather, it was the type of job found, particularly the annual earnings generated. The end …
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Income Inequality Among Seniors in Canada: The Role of Women's Labour Market Experience
Schirle, Tammy - Vancouver School of Economics - 2009
The distribution of income among seniors in Canada has changed substantially over the past decade, reflecting an overall increase in income and an increase in income inequality. In this study I decompose the distribution of income among senior couples to determine the extent to which changes in...
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Do Child Tax Benefits Affect the Wellbeing of Children? Evidence from Canadian Child Benefit Expansions
Milligan, Kevin; Stabile, Mark - Vancouver School of Economics - 2009
A vast literature has examined the impact of family income on the health and development outcomes of children. One channel through which increased income may operate is an improvement in a family’s ability to provide food, shelter, clothing, books, and other expenditure-related inputs to...
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The Prince and the Pauper: Movement of Children Up and Down the Canadian Income Distribution, 1994-2004
Burton, Peter; Phipps, Shelley - Vancouver School of Economics - 2009
This paper uses longitudinal microdata from the Statistics Canada National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) spanning the years 1994 through 2004 to study patterns of family income experienced by a cohort of 7163 Canadian children for most of their childhood. Five principal...
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