Consumption, income, and wealth inequality in Canada
Consumption, income, and wealth inequality in Canada
In this paper we document some features of the distribution of income, consumption and wealth in Canada using survey data from many different sources. We find that wage and income inequality have increased substantially over the last 30 years, but that much of this rise was offset by the tax and transfer system. As a result, the rise in consumption inequality has been relatively mild. We also document that wealth inequality has remained fairly stable since 1999. Using both confidential data and publicly available data, we are able to gauge the extent to which the publicly available data conceals aspects of inequality that confidential data reveals
income inequality, consumption inequality, wealth inequality
University of Southampton
Brozozowski, Matthew
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Gervais, Martin
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Klein, Paul
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Suzuki, Micho
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Brozozowski, Matthew
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Klein, Paul
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Suzuki, Micho
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Brozozowski, Matthew, Gervais, Martin, Klein, Paul and Suzuki, Micho
(2009)
Consumption, income, and wealth inequality in Canada
(Discussion Papers in Economics and Econometrics, 904)
Southampton, UK.
University of Southampton
53pp.
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In this paper we document some features of the distribution of income, consumption and wealth in Canada using survey data from many different sources. We find that wage and income inequality have increased substantially over the last 30 years, but that much of this rise was offset by the tax and transfer system. As a result, the rise in consumption inequality has been relatively mild. We also document that wealth inequality has remained fairly stable since 1999. Using both confidential data and publicly available data, we are able to gauge the extent to which the publicly available data conceals aspects of inequality that confidential data reveals
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Published date: 2009
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JEL Classification: D12, D31
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income inequality, consumption inequality, wealth inequality
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/71042
ISSN: 0966-4246
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Matthew Brozozowski
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Martin Gervais
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Paul Klein
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Micho Suzuki
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