Four Decades of Canadian Earnings Inequality and Dynamics across Workers and Firms

Audra Bowlus, Emilien Gouin-Bonenfant, Huju Liu, Lance Lochner and Youngmin Park
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Audra Bowlus: University of Western Ontario, https://economics.uwo.ca
Emilien Gouin-Bonenfant: Columbia University, https://econ.columbia.edu/
Youngmin Park: Bank of Canada, https://www.bankofcanada.ca/

No 20211, University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP) Working Papers from University of Western Ontario, Centre for Human Capital and Productivity (CHCP)

Abstract: This paper studies the evolution of individual earnings inequality and dynamics in Canada from 1983 to 2016 using tax files and administrative records. Linking these individuals to their employers (and rich administrative records on firms) beginning in 2001, it also documents the relationship between the earnings dynamics of workers and the size and growth of their employers. It highlights three main patterns over this period: First, with a few exceptions (sharp increase in top 1% and declining gender gap), Canada has experienced relatively modest changes in overall earnings inequality, volatility, and mobility between 1983 and 2016. Second, there is considerable variability in earnings inequality and volatility over the business cycle. Third, the earnings dynamics of individuals are strongly related to the size and employment growth of their employers.

Date: 2021
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