04651nam 2200733Ia 450 991078269360332120200520144314.01-282-00478-697866120047800-226-09289-510.7208/9780226092898(CKB)1000000000693222(EBL)410865(OCoLC)476233575(SSID)ssj0000246888(PQKBManifestationID)11221332(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000246888(PQKBWorkID)10190228(PQKB)11773632(MiAaPQ)EBC410865(DE-B1597)523515(OCoLC)1135591245(DE-B1597)9780226092898(Au-PeEL)EBL410865(CaPaEBR)ebr10275458(CaONFJC)MIL200478(MiAaPQ)EBC3038236(Au-PeEL)EBL3038236(EXLCZ)99100000000069322219931026d1993 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSmall differences that matter[electronic resource] labor markets and income maintenance in Canada and the United States /edited by David Card and Richard B. FreemanChicago University of Chicago Pressc19931 online resource (288 p.)NBER Comparative labor markets seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-226-09283-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Relation of the Directors to the Work and Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research --Contents --Preface --Introduction --1. Immigration Policy, National Origin, and Immigrant Skills: A Comparison of Canada and the United States --2. Skill Differentials in Canada in an Era of Rising Labor Market Inequality --3. Unions and Wage Inequality in Canada and the United States --4. Unionization in Canada and the United States: A Tale of Two Countries --5. A Comparative Analysis of Unemployment in Canada and the United States --6. Responding to Need: A Comparison of Social Safety Nets in Canada and the United States --7. The Distribution of Family Income: Measuring and Explaining Changes in the 1980's for Canada and the United States --Contributors --Author Index --Subject IndexThis volume, the first in a new series by the National Bureau of Economic Research that compares labor markets in different countries, examines social and labor market policies in Canada and the United States during the 1980's. It shows that subtle differences in unemployment compensation, unionization, immigration policies, and income maintenance programs have significantly affected economic outcomes in the two countries. For example: -Canada's social safety net, more generous than the American one, produced markedly lower poverty rates in the 1980's. -Canada saw a smaller increase in earnings inequality than the United States did, in part because of the strength of Canadian unions, which have twice the participation that U.S. unions do. -Canada's unemployment figures were much higher than those in the United States, not because the Canadian economy failed to create jobs but because a higher percentage of nonworking time was reported as unemployment. These disparities have become noteworthy as policy makers cite the experiences of the other country to support or oppose particular initiatives.NBER Comparative labor markets series.Income maintenance programsCanadaIncome maintenance programsUnited StatesLabor marketCanadaLabor marketUnited Statesincome maintenance, labor, markets, immigration, unemployment compensation, unionization, unions, canada, united states, social safety net, poverty, government, nonfiction, economics, earnings inequality, need, households, skill differentials, immigrant skills, international, economy, national identity, leisure, happiness, justice, ubi, wealth gap, mobility, success.Income maintenance programsIncome maintenance programsLabor marketLabor market362.5/82/0971Card David E(David Edward),1956-122759Freeman Richard B(Richard Barry),1943-118990MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782693603321Small differences that matter3790393UNINA