Provincial Income Disparities Through an Urban-rural Lens: Evidence from the 2001 Census

Beckstead, Desmond Brown, W. Mark

Insights on the Canadian Economy from Statistics Canada, Economic Analysis Division

Abstract: This paper describes per capita employment income disparities across provinces and across the urban-rural continuum, from larger to small cities and between cities and rural areas. Its first objective is to compare the degree of income disparities across provinces to income disparities across the urban-rural continuum. Its second objective is to determine the extent to which provincial disparities can be tied to the urban-rural composition of provinces. The paper also seeks to determine whether urban-rural disparities in per capita employment income stem from poorer labour market conditions in smaller cities and rural areas compared to large cities.

Keywords: Business performance and ownership; Economic accounts; Income; pensions; spending and wealth; Society and community; Regional and urban profiles; Gross domestic product; Low income and inequality; Rural Canada (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005-07-21
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