Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/174437 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Working Papers No. 2016-07
Publisher: 
Banco de México, Ciudad de México
Abstract: 
We construct the ratio of the post-fisc to the pre-fisc transitory component of the variance of family incomes in Canada from 1993 and 2008. The ratio measures how much the tax and transfer system attenuates market income instability. It is shown that the ratio of variances is equivalent theoretically to the concept of residual income progression. The fiscal system became less stabilizing beginning in the late 1990s, especially for families headed by main earners with less than high school education. The trend is attributable to personal income tax reforms and reductions in transfers for lower income families.
Subjects: 
Income Instability
Progressive Taxation
Employment Insurance
JEL: 
H22
H53
J38
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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