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Social Policy Trends: Income Inequality in Canada vs. The US

16 May 2023

The first 20% of the population would have access to 20% of all the income available in 0 Canada, the next 20% of the population would also have access to 20% of all the income 0 20 40 60 80 100 Share of Population (%) available, and so on. [...] The greater the difference in a fter-tax income in the US than similar households in Canada. [...] The second reason for the bow is But look at the low end of the income distribution. [...] More is done in Canada than the US but at the The answer is that low-income households earn a noticeably smaller share of total income in Canada than in the US. [...] income transfers, as in Canada, or with ensuring greater opportunities to earn The gap between the lines indicates the main source of the difference in income inequality income, as in the US.

Authors

Ron Kneebone

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