SOCIOL 2R03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Blue-Collar Worker, Working Poor, Gini Coefficient
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Will hutton (1995): the 30/30/40 labour market. Reminder: test 2 chapters 3&4: thursday october 10th, 2013. Under polarization, the population is grouped into, or concentrated into, two distinct regions or poles" of the income distribution one poorer, one richer. This area between the two lines is what is measured by the gini: Higher the value of a, the higher the levels of income inequality. Canada gets a c grade and ranks 12th out of 17 peer countries. Income inequality in canada has increased over the past 20 years. Since 1990, the richest group of canadians has increased its share of total national income, while the poorest and middle-income groups has lost share. From the conference board of canada: how canada performs data current as of jan. Richest group accounts for the largest share of canadian national income, 2010 (chart) Sernau (2014) speaks of changes in the occupational structure.