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1. Understanding Wealth Inequality in Canada

   This paper addresses two questions. First, is wealth inequality in Canada increasing? Second, what is driving the wealth inequality that we observe? The empirical evidence presented in this study strongly suggests that, at least in recent decades, wealth ...

2. Are living standards in Canada becoming more unequal?

   Appeared in Winnipeg Free Press, September 26, 2016 Much has been written in recent years about income inequality and the (apparently) growing gap between the rich and the poor. The focus on income is understandable. It’s a measure that resonates with the ...

3. Consumption Inequality in Canada: Is the Gap Growing?

   Increasing interest in economic inequality, especially in the media, has spawned an impressive number of academic studies, most focusing on income inequality. Inequality of consumption (people’s spending) has received much less attention. This study ...

4. Why subsidize the children of Canadians earning $90,000 per year?

   Having a child is easily the most important decision a couple will ever make. Parents are responsible for nurturing the child from infancy and for providing guidance and encouragement all along the path towards adulthood. Parents are ...

5. Child Care in Canada: Examining the Status Quo in 2015

   Governments in Canada have decided that it is good public policy to help subsidize the cost of raising children, especially for children in low-income households. This paper presents the existing array of programs in Canada (as of the fall of 2015) and ...

6. Our continuing obsession with inequality

   Appeared in the National Newswatch, January 27, 2016 Last week the world's intellectual elite met in Davos to, apparently, solve our economic ills. None too soon. We have a mountain of economic problems to challenge the brightest minds on the planet. ...

7. Davos: Our continuing obsession with inequality

   The world's intellectual elite are meeting this week in Davos to, apparently, solve our economic ills. None too soon. We have a mountain of economic problems to challenge the brightest minds on the planet. But I’m a little bothered ...

8. Why measurement matters in income inequality

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun Canada, like most industrial countries has its fair share of economists and politicians arguing that Canada has an inequality crisis requiring large-scale, even unprecedented government intervention to solve. More often than ...

9. Income inequality in Canada

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail Much has been written about income inequality. You can hardly find a current affairs magazine, newspaper or television program that has not dealt with income inequality recently. In December 2013, President Obama called ...

10. Income Inequality Measurement Sensitivities

    This study measures both the current state of income inequality and its change over time (since 1982), paying particular attention to how different definitions of income and the choice of economic unit (individuals or families) influence the results. ...