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The redistribution of income in Canada / Gillespie, W. Irwin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gillespie, W. Irwin (William Irwin), 1937- author.
- Series:
- Carleton library ; no. 124.
- Carleton Library ; Number 124
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Income distribution--Canada.
- Income distribution.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Ottawa, Ontario : Gage Publishin g Limited, 1980.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This original study challenges the widely held belief that government policies to redistribute income have made Canada a more egalitarian state. The author bases his conclusions on extensive documentation of the real effect of changes in taxes, transfers, and government expenditures.
- Contents:
- Preface
- The redistribution of income in Canada: introduction
- The framework: fiscal incidence in an open economy
- Tax incidence: the effect of taxes on the distribution of income
- The incidence of public expenditures: the effect of government expenditures on the distribution of income
- Fiscal incidence: the redistribution of income in Canada, 1969
- The redistribution of income in Canada, 1961-1976
- Summary and conclusions
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 22, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 0-7735-9562-7
- OCLC:
- 887633924
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