This paper concerns the earnings mobility of individuals in the Canadian labour market. It is inspired by the growing economics literature on the growing inequality of the earnings distributions in North America. The majority of the studies that deal with Canada, such as the well-known work by...

This paper presents a cross-sectional analysis of earnings patterns for 1982-92. resullts generally agree with others' findings based on a survey of Consumer Fianance data, and indicate a general increase in earnings inequality over the time due to cyclical effects as well as to more structural...

This paper examines how individuals' earnings mobility varies with the time period considered and starting position in the earnings distribution, as well as by age and sex. Three measures are used in this analysis: conditional transition matrices between earnings quintiles, the total number of...

This study focuces on the effect of education and work on the literacy of social assistance recipients, using the recent International Adult Literacy Survey. To get a clearer picture of the relationship among these three factors, the sample is restricted to ages 26 to 25, since many younger...

This paper examines how individuals' earnings mobility varies with the length of the interval considered, the spacific time period covered, the starting point in the earnings distribution, and age and sex.