Small Differences That Matter: Labor Markets and Income Maintenance in Canada and the United States
David Card and Richard B. Freeman
Conference held Jan 23-25, 1991
Published in January 1993 by University of Chicago Press
© 1993 by the National Bureau of Economic Research
in NBER Book Series Comparative Labor Markets
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287pp. pages
ISBN: 0-226-09283-6
Table of Contents
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Front matter, preface, table of contents:
David Card, Richard B. Freeman
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Introduction:
David Card, Richard B. Freeman
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Immigration Policy, National Origin, and Immigrant Skills: A Comparison of Canada and the United States:
George J. Borjas
(p. 21 - 44)
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Skill Differentials in Canada in an Era of Rising Labor Market Inequality:
Richard B. Freeman, Karen Needels
(p. 45 - 68)
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Unions and Wage Inequality in Canada and the United States:
Thomas Lemieux
(p. 69 - 108)
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Unionization in Canada and the United States: A Tale of Two Countries:
W. Craig Riddell
(p. 109 - 148)
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A Comparative Analysis of Unemployment in Canada and the United States:
David Card, W. Craig Riddell
(p. 149 - 190)
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Responding to Need: A Comparison of Social Safety Nets in Canada and the United States:
Rebecca M. Blank, Maria J. Hanratty
(p. 191 - 232)
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The Distribution of Family Income: Measuring and Explaining Changes in the 1980s for Canada and the United States:
McKinley L. Blackburn, David E. Bloom
(p. 233 - 266)
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List of Contributors, Indexes:
David Card, Richard B. Freeman
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