Pierre Brochu ~
Department of Economics ~
Who Does Not Share their Tax Information? And its
Implication for Income Inequality
with Jean-Michel
Billette and Louis-Philippe Morin
Abstract:
This paper examines the implication of the decision to give
2006 Census respondent the option of letting Statistics Canada access their
income tax files rather than answering income related questions directly. We
find that giving respondents the option to share their income tax files (or
not) adds a confounding factor when it comes to measuring family income
inequality, particularly for the bottom tail of the distribution. The consent
decision does not, however, materially affect the estimation of standard wage
equations.
Working Paper, August 2012.
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