Distribution of income and wealth in Ontario : theory and evidence / / Charles M. Beach ; with the collaboration of David E. Card and Frank Flatters
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| Autore: |
Beach Charles M.
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| Titolo: |
Distribution of income and wealth in Ontario : theory and evidence / / Charles M. Beach ; with the collaboration of David E. Card and Frank Flatters
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| Pubblicazione: | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Published for the Ontario Economic Council by University of Toronto Press, , 1981 |
| ©1981 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (401 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 339.2/09713 |
| Soggetto topico: | Income distribution - Ontario |
| Wealth - Ontario | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Ontario |
| Ontario Conditions economiques | |
| Ontario Economic conditions | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Persona (resp. second.): | CardDavid E <1956-> (David Edward) |
| FlattersFrank | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Distribution of income and wealth in Ontario |
| ISBN: | 1-4426-5669-7 |
| 1-4426-3338-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910797110403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Ontario Economic Council research studies ; ; 21.