TY - JOUR
T1 - The wage gap between Francophones and Anglophones
T2 - A Canadian perspective, 1970-2000
AU - Albouy, David
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The wage gap between Francophone and Anglophone men from 1970 and 2000 fell by 25 percentage points within Quebec, but only by 10 points Canada-wide, largely because the wages of Quebec Anglophones fell by 15 points relative to other Canadian Anglophones. Accordingly, the Canadian measure of the Francophone gap better reflects the changing welfare of Francophones than the Quebec measure. Over half of the reduction in the Canadian Francophone wage gap is explained by rising Francophone education levels. In Quebec, the declining number and relative wages of Anglophone workers is best explained by a falling demand for English-speaking labour.
AB - The wage gap between Francophone and Anglophone men from 1970 and 2000 fell by 25 percentage points within Quebec, but only by 10 points Canada-wide, largely because the wages of Quebec Anglophones fell by 15 points relative to other Canadian Anglophones. Accordingly, the Canadian measure of the Francophone gap better reflects the changing welfare of Francophones than the Quebec measure. Over half of the reduction in the Canadian Francophone wage gap is explained by rising Francophone education levels. In Quebec, the declining number and relative wages of Anglophone workers is best explained by a falling demand for English-speaking labour.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2008.00501.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2008.00501.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:53349108657
VL - 41
SP - 1211
EP - 1238
JO - Canadian Journal of Economics
JF - Canadian Journal of Economics
SN - 0008-4085
IS - 4
ER -