INCOME inequality, STATISTICAL association, EQUALITY, FEDERAL government, COMMUNITY development
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INCOME inequality, GLOBALIZATION, INTERNATIONAL trade, UNEMPLOYMENT
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Examines the increase in inequality and polarization of employment earnings in Canada, and assesses household incomes in the metropolitan areas. Use of the Gini coefficient as a measure of inequality in geography; Importance of the distribution of income in the social differentiation of space; Details on the concept of inequality.