Small Differences That Matter (inbunden)
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Format
Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
288
Utgivningsdatum
1993-11-01
Upplaga
illustrated ed
Förlag
University of Chicago Press
Medarbetare
Card, David (ed.), Freeman, Richard B. (ed.)
Illustrationer
27 line drawings, 83 tables
Dimensioner
236 x 161 x 22 mm
Vikt
558 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780226092836

Small Differences That Matter

Labor Markets and Income Maintenance in Canada and the United States

av David Card, Richard B Freeman
Inbunden,  Engelska, 1993-11-01
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This volume, the first in a new series by the National Bureau of Economic Research that compares labour markets in different countries, examines social and labour market policies in Canada and the United States during the 1980s. It shows that subtle differences in unemployment compensation, unionization, immigration policies, and income maintenance programmes have significantly affected economic outcomes in the two countries. Examples of these differences include the following: Canada's social safety net, more generous than the American one, produced markedly lower poverty rates in the 1980s. 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 US 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 non-working 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.
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David Card, Richard B Freeman

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David Card is professor of economics at Princeton University. Richard B. Freeman is professor of economics at Harvard University.

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Acknowledgments Introduction David Card Richard B. Freeman 1. Immigration Policy, National Origin, And Immigrant Skills: A Comparison Of Canada And The United States, George J. Borjas 2. Skill Differentials In Canada In An Era Of Rising Labor Market Inequality, Richard B. Freeman, Karen Needels 3. Unions And Wage Inequality In Canada And In The United States, Thomas Lemieux 4. Unionization In Canada And The United States: A Tale Of Two Countries, W. Craig Riddell 5. A Comparative Analysis Of Unemployment In Canada And The United States, David Card, W. Craig Riddell 6. Responding To Need: A Comparison Of Social Safety Nets In The United States And Canada, Rebecca M. Blank, Maria J. Hanratty 7. The Distribution Of Family Income: Measuring And Explaining Changes In The 1980s For Canada And The United States, Mckinley L. Blackburn, David E. Bloom

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