abstract: 'Considerable concern has recently been expressed worldwide about growing

  income inequality. Much of the discussion, though, has been in general

  terms and focused on the US experience. To understand whether and how

  Canada ought to respond to this development, we need to be clear on the

  facts. This paper documents Canadian patterns in income inequality and

  investigates the top I percent of earners the group receiving the most

  attention. We summarize what is known about the causes of growing income

  inequality, including the role of gender wage differences. Finally, we

  outline policy options for reducing or slowing the growth of-inequality.'
affiliation: 'Fortin, N (Corresponding Author), Univ British Columbia, Dept Econ,
  Vancouver, BC V6T 1W5, Canada.

  Fortin, Nicole; Green, David A.; Lemieux, Thomas; Milligan, Kevin; Riddell, W. Craig,
  Univ British Columbia, Dept Econ, Vancouver, BC V6T 1W5, Canada.'
author: Fortin, Nicole and Green, David A. and Lemieux, Thomas and Milligan, Kevin
  and Riddell, W. Craig
author_list:
- family: Fortin
  given: Nicole
- family: Green
  given: David A.
- family: Lemieux
  given: Thomas
- family: Milligan
  given: Kevin
- family: Riddell
  given: W. Craig
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.3138/cpp.38.2.121
files: []
issn: 0317-0861
journal: CANADIAN PUBLIC POLICY-ANALYSE DE POLITIQUES
keywords: 'Income inequality; polarization; technical change; tax and transfer

  system; minimum wages; gender wage gap; unions; globalization'
keywords-plus: 'WAGE INEQUALITY; MINIMUM-WAGE; TECHNOLOGICAL-CHANGE; UNITED-STATES;

  LABOR-MARKET; WOMENS WAGES; TAX; INCOME; EMPLOYMENT; VIEWPOINT'
language: English
month: JUN
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '65'
orcid-numbers: Milligan, Kevin S/0000-0002-0998-0581
pages: 121-145
papis_id: 2dbca6334284dd9f59642136c13ac390
ref: Fortin2012canadianinequality
researcherid-numbers: Milligan, Kevin S/A-1627-2008
times-cited: '81'
title: 'Canadian Inequality: Recent Developments and Policy Options'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000305868300001
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '42'
volume: '38'
web-of-science-categories: Economics; Public Administration
year: '2012'