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April 1998

New views of inequality trends in Canada and the United States

Michael C. Wolfson, Brian B. Murphy

Analysis reveals that, from 1974 to 1995, a large portion of Canadian families had absolutely higher purchasing power than their U.S. counterparts. In both countries, individual earnings fell over the past decade

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