Measuring Poverty in Canada

by Christopher A. Sarlo

Contents

• Executive summary
• Introduction
• The basic needs poverty line (1997 version)
• Estimating poverty in Canada--income
• Estimating poverty in Canada--consumption
• Inequality
• Other studies of poverty
• Policy
• Concluding remarks
• Appendices
• Notes
• References

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About the author

Christopher A. Sarlo is Associate Professor of Economics at Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario, and an adjunct scholar with The Fraser Institute. He is the author of Poverty in Canada (The Fraser Institute 1992, 1996a). He is also a regular contributor to Fraser Forum and has published a number of articles and reports on the issue of poverty.

Acknowledgments

The author wishes to thank John Philippe and Scott Marsh for very capable research assistance. He is also grateful to the Fraser Institute for their continuing support of his research and to Nipissing University's internal research grant program for funding for this project.

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