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- Title
The distribution of income and wealth in Canada in a lifecycle framework.
- Authors
Irvine, Ian
- Abstract
Abstract. In this paper, the distribution of lifetime purchasing power for a large sample of Canadian households is examined. The study differs from most distributional studies in two ways. First, it annuitizes an estimate of lifecycle earnings and so is capable of encompassing variations in earnings which occur over the lifecycle. Second, it focuses on the joint distribution of income and wealth in that the annuity distribution generated incorporates both lifecycle earnings and net assets. The degree of inequality associated with the distribution of annuities is found to be less than that associated with the more traditional measures of inequality, such as the distribution of wealth or income or earnings.
- Subjects
CANADA; INCOME inequality; ECONOMICS
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Economics, 1980, Vol 13, Issue 3, p455
- ISSN
0008-4085
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/134704