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Title:

Small differences that matter : labor markets and income maintenance in Canada and the United States / edited by David Card and Richard B. Freeman.

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

1993

Description:

ix, 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Income maintenance programs--Canada.
Income maintenance programs--United States.
Labor market--Canada.
Labor market--United States.
Sécurité du revenu--Canada.
Sécurité du revenu--États-Unis.
Travail, Marché du--Canada.
Travail, Marché du--États-Unis.

Other Authors:

Card, David E. (David Edward), 1956-
Freeman, Richard B. (Richard Barry), 1943-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents:

Immigration policy, national origin, and immigrant skills: A comparison of Canada and the United States / George J. Borjas -- Skill differentials in Canada in an era of rising labor market inequality / Richard B. Freeman and Karen Needels -- Unions and wage inequality in Canada and the United States / Thomas Lemieux -- Unionization in Canada and the United States: A tale of two countries / W. Craig Riddell -- A comparative analysis of unemployement in Canada and the United States / David Card and W. Craig Riddell -- Responding to need: A comparison of social safety nets in Canada and the United States / Rebecca M. Blank and Maria J. Hanratty -- The distribution of family income: Measuring and explaining changes in the 1980s for Canada and the United States / McKinley L. Blackburn and David E. Bloom.

Series:

NBER Comparative labor markets series

ISBN:

9780226092836 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226092836 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)27935881

LCCN:

93010513

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)