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2008-09 recession saw declines in average family wealth and retirement assets of 11% and 14% respectively. Average wealth …
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“Increasing Inequality is Unbalanced Growth: Evidence from North America†(CLSRN Working Paper no. 102) by CLSRN … still faced with clear evidence of growing income inequality in Canada, Veall outlines three policy priorities aimed to …
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Increasing inequality cannot be a long-run steady state – i.e. a trend that can continue indefinitely. Because the … United States, increasing economic instability is thus a necessary implication of increasing inequality. However, in Mexico …, increased female employment and declining birthrates have helped Mexico reduce inequality (albeit from a high level) in recent …
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Le Supplément de revenu garanti (SRG) a largement contribué à la réduction de la pauvreté des personnes âgées au Canada, mais les futurs bénéficiaires du SRG atteignant leurs 64 ans devraient penser à deux fois avant de continuer de cotiser à un REER. Souvent, la meilleure solution...
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average wealth of Canadian families by 11% and average retirement assets by 14%. Without the subsequent recovery in prices …
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Considerable concern has recently been expressed about growing income inequality. Much of the discussion, though, has … development, we need to be clear on the facts. This paper documents Canadian patterns in income inequality and investigates the … inequality, including the role of gender wage differences. Finally we outline policy options for reducing -- or slowing the …
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A detailed longitudinal dataset is assembled containing annual performance and biographical data for every player over the entire history of professional major league baseball. The data are then aggregated to the team level for the period 1920-2009 in order to test whether teams built on a more...
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“Has the Canadian Labour Market Polarized?†(CLSRN Working Paper no. 133) analyses movements in wage inequality, and …
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It is well documented that Aboriginal people generally have lower levels of educational attainment than other groups in Canada, but little is known about the reasons behind this gap. This study is the first of two by the same author investigating the issue in detail. This initial paper focuses...
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Proponents of class size reductions draw heavily on the results from Project STAR to support their initiatives. Adding to the political appeal of these initiative are reports that minority and economically disadvantaged students received the largest benefits from smaller classes. We extend this...
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