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Who Paid for the Canadian Welfare State Between 1955-1988?

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  • Ardeshir Sepehri

    (University of Manitoba, Dept. of Economics, Fletcher Argue Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2)

  • Robert Chernomas

    (University of Manitoba, Dept. of Economics, Fletcher Argue Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2)

Abstract

This paper attempts to examine the impact of state taxation and expenditure activities on Canadian labor and non-labor. Using state expenditure and revenue data for the period 1955-1986, the Canadian transfer ratio is estimated and then it is compared and contrasted with the transfer ratio for the United States. This inter-country comparison also enables us to isolate the influence of a crisis-induced rise in unemployment on the net transfer from arguments that the social wage grew because of the growing power of labor over capital and the state.

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  • Ardeshir Sepehri & Robert Chernomas, 1992. "Who Paid for the Canadian Welfare State Between 1955-1988?," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 24(1), pages 71-88, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:reorpe:v:24:y:1992:i:1:p:71-88
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