TY  - JOUR
AU  - Albouy,David
TI  - The Wage Gap between Francophones and Anglophones: A Canadian Perspective, 1970 to 2000
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 14203
PY  - 2008
Y2  - July 2008
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w14203
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w14203.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
David Albouy
Department of Economics
University of Michigan
611 Tappan Street
351C Lorch Hall
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1220
Tel: 734/763-9619
E-Mail: albouy@umich.edu
AB  - The wage differential between Francophone and Anglophone men from 1970 to 2000 fell by 25 percentage points within Quebec, but only by 10 points Canada-wide, largely because the wages of Quebec Anglophones fell by 15 points relative to other Canadian Anglophones. Accordingly, the Canadian measure of the Francophone wage gap better reflects the changing welfare of Francophones than the Quebec measure. Over half of   the reduction in the Canadian Francophone wage gap is explained by rising Francophone education levels.  In Quebec, the declining number and relative wages of Anglophone workers is best explained by a falling demand for English-speaking labour.
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