A great deal of attention has been given recently to trends in income inequality, especially to observations that the most dramatic changes have been occurring among the top 1 percent. The key source of data in Canada for these results is individuals' income tax returns. This study extends these...

Analysis reveals that, from 1974 to 1995, a large portion of Canadian families had absolutely higher purchasing power than their U.S. counterparts; in both countries, individual earnings polarization fell over the past decade. Ce qui est simple est toujours faux, ce qui ne l'est pas est...