“Has the Canadian Labour Market Polarized?†(CLSRN Working Paper no. 133) analyses movements in wage inequality, and …

growth in wage inequality over the 1980s and 1990s and nearly all the wage inequality growth in the upper fifth of the … for performance pay to be associated with greater wage inequality at the top of the earnings distribution applies only to …

. Increasing family income inequality drove much of the rise in neighbourhood inequality. Increased spatial economic segregation … growth, and a rise in neighbourhood income inequality. …

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 … could potentially alter the aggregates of inequality and poverty, depending on how these gains are distributed across the …

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 … evidence shows that, overall, the boom increased inequality and decreased poverty. There are, however, a few notable cases …

occupations than those in the middle since 1981. However, up to 2005, the wage pattern reflects a simple increase in inequality …