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Opting or Not Opting to Share Income Tax Information with the Census: Does It Affect Research Findings?
- Source :
- Canadian Public Policy; Mar2014, Vol. 40 Issue 1, p67-83, 17p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- This paper examines the implication of the decision to give 2006 Census respondents the option of letting Statistics Canada access their income tax files rather than answering income-related questions directly. We find that giving respondents the option to share their income tax files (or not) adds a confounding factor when it comes to measuring family-income inequality, particularly for the bottom tail of the distribution. The consent decision does not, however, materially affect the estimation of standard wage equations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- INCOME tax
INCOME inequality
INCOME
WAGES
CENSUS
CONSENT (Law)
EQUALITY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03170861
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Canadian Public Policy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 94581311
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3138/cpp.2012-073