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About the Book
Winner, 2007 Doug Purvis Memorial Prize, The Canadian Economics Association
Is Canada becoming a more polarized society? Or is it a kind-hearted nation that takes care of its disadvantaged? This volume closely examines these differing views through a careful analysis of the causes, trends, and dimensions of inequality to provide an overall assessment of the state of inequality in Canada. Contributors include economists, sociologists, philosophers, and political scientists, and the discussion ranges from frameworks for thinking about inequality, to original analyses using Canadian data, to assessments of significant policy issues, methodologies, and research directions. What emerges is the most detailed picture of inequality in Canada to date and, disturbingly, one that shows signs of us becoming a less just society.
An invaluable source of information for policy makers, researchers, and students from a broad variety of disciplines, Dimensions of Inequality in Canada will also appeal to readers interested or involved in public debates over inequality.
About the Author(s)
David A. Green is Professor of Economics at the University of British Columbia.
Jonathan R. Kesselman is Canada Research Chair in Public Finance with the Graduate Public Policy Program at Simon Fraser University.
Table of Contents
Figures and Tables
1 Dimensions of Inequality in a Just Society / David A. Green and Jonathan R. Kesselman
2 Normative Dimensions of Inequality / Colin M. Macleod and Avigail Eisenberg
3 Rising Income Inequality in the 1990s: An Exploration of Three Data Sources / Marc Frenette, David A. Green, and Garnett Picot
4 How Has Earnings Mobility in Canada Changed? / Charles M. Beach
5 Consumption Inequality in Canada / Thomas F. Crossley and Krishna Pendakur
6 How Much Does Employment Matter for Inequality in Canada and Elsewhere? / Lars Osberg
7 Inequalities in Political and Community Participation / James Curtis, Edward Grabb, and Thomas Perks
8 Fitting Kids In: Children and Inequality in Canada / Shelley Phipps and Lynn Lethbridge
9 Ethnic Inequality in Canada: Economic and Health Dimensions / Ellen M. Gee, Karen M. Kobayashi, and Steven G. Prus
10 Recent Trends in Wage Inequality and the Wage Structure in Canada / Brahim Boudarbat, Thomas Lemieux, and W. Craig Riddell
11 Gender Dimensions of Changes in Earnings Inequality in Canada / Nicole M. Fortin and Tammy Schirle
12 Taxation Impacts on Inequality in Canada: Methodologies and Findings / Jonathan R. Kesselman and Ron Cheung
13 Dis-embedding Liberalism? The New Social Policy Paradigm in Canada / Keith G. Banting
Contributors
Index
Reviews
Too often inequality is considered only in terms of incomes. This book, written by some of the best researchers in the field, expands the economic perspective to include consumption, time, and participation. And it focuses on specific groups for which inequality is a compelling issue: kids, women, and ethnic groups. Its multidimensional perspective on inequality in Canada is so successful that it could be a model for future attempts in other countries.
—Barbara Boyle Torrey, co-editor of The Vulnerable
Together, these essays provide both a complex account of inequality and assessments of various policies that address it. Much of the collection’s writing is technical and the arguments complex, but it is perfectly accessible to any interested reader.
—Tony Penikett, Literary Review of Canada, vol. 14, no. 10, December 2006
Dimensions of Inequality in Canada is an excellent multidisciplinary source for both social science students and policy makers interested in theoretical frameworks, Canadian data analysis, and evaluative policy issues about various inequalities that Canadians face.
- Zoltan B. Kovacs, University of Calgary, Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal, Vol.39, No.1 & 2, 2007
Sample Chapter
Front Matter and Chapter One
Related Topics
Economics/Business
Sociology
Public Policy
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