"Seeking Equality compares economic inequality in the United States and Canada, North American neighbors with much in common--socially, politically, and economically--yet whose contemporary populations are marked by significant differences of material well-being. This book surveys the data and...

North Atlantic Thinkers on the Problem of Inequality (1770s-1920s) -- First Sightings of Inequality in the Canadian Colonies (1790s-1830s) -- Emerging Protestant Critiques of Wealth (1830s-1880s) -- Labour Voices, Worker Intellectuals, and the Politics of Immanence (1870-1920) -- Spiritual...

This comparative study of the relationship between family economic background and adult outcomes in the United States and Canada addresses three questions. First, is there something to explain? We suggest that the existing literature finds that there are significant differences in the degree of...

We compare earnings inequality and mobility across the U.S., Canada, France, Germany and the U.K. during the late 1990s. A flexible model of earnings dynamics that isolates positional mobility within a stable earnings distribution is estimated. Earnings trajectories are then simulated, and...