The Economic Well-Being of Canadians: Is there a Growing Gap?
Title | The Economic Well-Being of Canadians: Is there a Growing Gap? PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher A. Sarlo |
Publisher | The Fraser Institute |
Pages | 58 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Canada |
ISBN |
To the extent that consumption is a fair reflection of real economic well-being, the standard of living of the top 10% is about 3.85 times that of the bottom 10%, on an adult-equivalent basis. [...] Second, the paper will examine the issue of data reliability in the context of the measurement of inequality. [...] The April 1999 report of the Auditor General of Canada pointed out that the underground economy, which it defines as any "legal transactions in goods and services that are 'hidden', resulting in the evasion of taxes," (Canada, Office of the Auditor General, 1999: 2-7) amounted to about 4.5% of GDP. [...] While all of this literature suggests that there are good reasons for concern about the reliability of the income data that researchers use to study inequality, regrettably there does not appear to be a study which compares the size of the underground economy or of unreported income over the past several decades using the same methodology. [...] Unfortunately, there is little mention of the problem of unreported income in any of the studies dealing with the measurement of income inequality in Canada cited above.
An Index of Economic Well-being for Canada
Title | An Index of Economic Well-being for Canada PDF eBook |
Author | Lars Osberg |
Publisher | [Hull, Quebec] : Human Resources Development Canada, Applied Research Branch |
Pages | 91 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Canada |
ISBN | 9780662278825 |
Symposium on Policies to Increase the Economic Well-being of Canadians
Title | Symposium on Policies to Increase the Economic Well-being of Canadians PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 37 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Economic indicators |
ISBN |
Monetary Policy and the Economic Well-Being of Canadians
Title | Monetary Policy and the Economic Well-Being of Canadians PDF eBook |
Author | Jenkins |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | |
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ISBN |
A Canada Strong and Free
Title | A Canada Strong and Free PDF eBook |
Author | Mike Harris |
Publisher | The Fraser Institute |
Pages | 77 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Canada |
ISBN | 0889752141 |
OECD Economic Surveys: Canada 2021
Title | OECD Economic Surveys: Canada 2021 PDF eBook |
Author | OECD |
Publisher | OECD Publishing |
Pages | 130 |
Release | 2021-03-11 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 926480479X |
Canada’s vaccine rollout is bringing the prospect of an end to the COVID-19 crisis and a pick-up in output growth is expected. An ultra-low policy rate and other monetary measures continue to provide substantial support for the economy and fiscal support for households and businesses has been substantial.
The Economic Well-being of Canadians
Title | The Economic Well-being of Canadians PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher A. Sarlo |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Canada |
ISBN |
To the extent that consumption is a fair reflection of real economic well-being, the standard of living of the top 10% is about 3.85 times that of the bottom 10%, on an adult-equivalent basis. [...] Second, the paper will examine the issue of data reliability in the context of the measurement of inequality. [...] The April 1999 report of the Auditor General of Canada pointed out that the underground economy, which it defines as any "legal transactions in goods and services that are 'hidden', resulting in the evasion of taxes," (Canada, Office of the Auditor General, 1999: 2-7) amounted to about 4.5% of GDP. [...] While all of this literature suggests that there are good reasons for concern about the reliability of the income data that researchers use to study inequality, regrettably there does not appear to be a study which compares the size of the underground economy or of unreported income over the past several decades using the same methodology. [...] Unfortunately, there is little mention of the problem of unreported income in any of the studies dealing with the measurement of income inequality in Canada cited above.