Common Question

Dierent Approaches
A Unied Answer?
The Way Forward
RE: Changes in Wage Inequality in Canada:
Comparing Fortin and Lemieux with Marchand:
Dierent Approaches to a Common Question
Joseph Marchand
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
University of Alberta
IRPP-CLSRN 2014
J. Marchand (University of Alberta) RE: Changes in Wage Inequality in Canada
Common Question
Dierent Approaches
A Unied Answer?
The Way Forward
Common Question
J. Marchand (University of Alberta) RE: Changes in Wage Inequality in Canada
Common Question
Dierent Approaches
A Unied Answer?
The Way Forward
Common Question
J. Marchand (University of Alberta) RE: Changes in Wage Inequality in Canada
Common Question
Dierent Approaches
A Unied Answer?
The Way Forward
Dierent Approaches
J. Marchand (University of Alberta) RE: Changes in Wage Inequality in Canada
Common Question
Dierent Approaches
A Unied Answer?
The Way Forward
A Unied Answer?
Dierential growth: Gini coecient Terciles of outcome distribution
(treat - comp) DGp %D Lower %D Middle %D Upper %D
Total Income: 0.009* 0.018* 0.404*** 0.311*** 0.346***
(0.004) (0.009) (0.057) (0.054) (0.057)
Employment Income: 0.012** 0.023** 0.397*** 0.350*** 0.368***
(0.005) (0.010) (0.071) (0.060) (0.058)
Total Earnings: 0.012** 0.025** 0.416*** 0.391*** 0.413***
(0.005) (0.010) (0.069) (0.058) (0.058)
J. Marchand (University of Alberta) RE: Changes in Wage Inequality in Canada
Common Question
Dierent Approaches
A Unied Answer?
The Way Forward
A Unied Answer?
Dierential growth: Gini coecient Terciles of earnings distribution
(treat - comp) DGp %D Lower %D Middle %D Upper %D
Energy Extraction: 0.066*** 0.188*** 0.504* 0.625** 0.752***
(treatment only) (0.015) (0.046) (0.287) (0.273) (0.244)
Construction: 0.030* 0.062* 0.708*** 0.665*** 0.749***
(0.017) (0.034) (0.108) (0.092) (0.123)
Retail Trade: 0.021** 0.042** 0.219*** 0.243*** 0.287***
(0.010) (0.020) (0.077) (0.060) (0.063)
All Services: -0.010*** -0.020*** 0.510*** 0.456*** 0.396***
(0.003) (0.006) (0.071) (0.066) (0.056)
J. Marchand (University of Alberta) RE: Changes in Wage Inequality in Canada
Common Question
Dierent Approaches
A Unied Answer?
The Way Forward
The Way Forward
Clarify the dierences and similarities between the approaches
and results in both papers of the special issue.
Develop a unifying empirical approach that can answer this
question at all levels (national, provincial, local).
Attempt to tie all of this recent empirical evidence to the
theory on the subject (ex. Goderis and Malone, 2011).
J. Marchand (University of Alberta) RE: Changes in Wage Inequality in Canada
Further Reading
Further Reading
Fortin, N., Lemieux, T., 2014. Changes in wage inequality in
Canada: An interprovincial perspective.
Prepared for special issue of Canadian Journal of Economics.
Marchand, J., 2013. The distributional impacts of an energy
boom in Western Canada.
Prepared for special issue of Canadian Journal of Economics.
Marchand, J., 2012. Local labor market impacts of energy
boom-bust-boom in Western Canada.
Journal of Urban Economics, 71(1), 165-174.
J. Marchand (University of Alberta) RE: Changes in Wage Inequality in Canada