Distribution of Income and Wealth in Ontario: Theory and Evidence

Charles Beach; Frank Flatters; David Card

Published by University of Toronto Press 1981

Distribution of Income and Wealth in Ontario

Theory and Evidence

Charles Beach , Frank Flatters and David Card

In the series Heritage

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442656697

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About this book

This book provides an extensive survey of recent literature and a new source of income and wealth distribution data for Ontario, drawn from newly available microdata sets. It also presents an evaluation of the data as a basis for measuring inequality in the distribution of economic and well-being.

Author / Editor information

Beach Charles :

Charles M. Beach is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Economics at Queen's University, Ontario.

Flatters Frank :

Frank Flatters is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Economics at Queen's University.

Card David :

David E. Card is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley and Director of the Labor Studies Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART ONE: EXPLANATION OF INEQUALITY
2. Supply determinants and life-cycle behaviour Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
3. Selected demand-side determinants of the distribution of income Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
4. Distributional aggregation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
PART TWO: DATA ON DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME AND WEALTH
5. On measuring inequality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
6. Incomes of individuals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
7. Incomes of family units Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
8. Distribution of family wealth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
PART THREE: IMPUTATIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
9. Disposable income, under-reporting, and omitted receipts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
10. Adjustment for cost of living and size of family Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
11. Adjustment for capital gains Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
12. Adjustment for family wealth holdings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
13. Toward adjustment for net social security benefits: illustration with the Canada Pension Plan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
14. Summary and conclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	326
APPENDICES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	337
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	373
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	390

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 400

eBook

Published: December 15, 1981
ISBN: 9781442656697