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Distribution of income and wealth in Ontario : theory and evidence / Charles M. Beach ; with the collaboration of David E. Card and Frank Flatters.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beach, Charles M., author.
- Series:
- Ontario Economic Council research studies ; 21.
- Ontario Economic Council Research Studies, 0708-3688 ; 21
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Income distribution--Ontario.
- Income distribution.
- Wealth--Ontario.
- Wealth.
- Ontario.
- Ontario--Economic conditions.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (401 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : Published for the Ontario Economic Council by University of Toronto Press, 1981.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- PART ONE: EXPLANATION OF INEQUALITY
- 2. Supply determinants and life-cycle behaviour
- 3. Selected demand-side determinants of the distribution of income
- 4. Distributional aggregation
- PART TWO: DATA ON DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME AND WEALTH
- 5. On measuring inequality
- 6. Incomes of individuals
- 7. Incomes of family units
- 8. Distribution of family wealth
- PART THREE: IMPUTATIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
- 9. Disposable income, under-reporting, and omitted receipts
- 10. Adjustment for cost of living and size of family
- 11. Adjustment for capital gains
- 12. Adjustment for family wealth holdings
- 13. Toward adjustment for net social security benefits: illustration with the Canada Pension Plan
- 14. Summary and conclusions
- APPENDICES
- Bibliography
- Backmatter
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-5669-7
- 1-4426-3338-7
- OCLC:
- 929153753
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