The many faces of inequality:
from measurement to policy

In 2017 Canadians across the country were celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Confederation by attending special events and happenings, by learning about key historical figures and milestones, and by remembering collective achievements and successes. While much was achieved during this century and a half which could rightfully be celebrated, Canada still faces critical issues that remain unaddressed or not fully addressed, calling for reflection and for action.The CRDCN 2017 annual conference examined some of these persistent issues by focusing on the many faces of inequality in Canada. Over 50 researchers presented their research results during the conference, and with their permission, several presentations are available below.

Keynote addresses

• Miles Corak, Divided landscapes of economic opportunity: The Canadian geography of intergenerational mobility
• Audiovideo recording
• Slides
• Diana Kuh, Social inequalities in adult health and ageing: insights from a 70 year old British birth cohort study using a life course epidemiological approach.
• Audiovideo recording

State for the Network address

• Martin Taylor, The CRDCN: Progress, Opportunities and Challenges

Working breakfast

• Lindsay Hart, More than just a software: SAS Canada’s Academic Program

Income inequality in older ages

• Raquel Fonseca, Poverty after 50 in Canada: A recent snapshot
• Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, Inequalities in aging in Canada: Evidence from longitudinal survey and linked administrative data
• Marie-Louise Leroux, Poverty among the elderly: The role of public pension systems

Gender inequalities in the workplace

• Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Gender, interprovincial commutes and labour market inequalities:  A comparison of St. John’s and Southwest Newfoundland
• Mohsen Javdani, Training and gender: Evidence from Canadian linked employer-employee data

Ethnic and migrant inequalities

• Jacques Ledent, Le niveau de scolarité atteint et les résultats économiques dans une cohorte de jeunes Québécois issus de l'immigration
• Valerie Preston, Gender and ethno-racial inequalities in labor market outcomes among the second generation in Toronto
• Nick Manuel, Non-transferable skills and the wage gap between immigrants with Canadian vs. foreign education
• Murshed Chowdhury, Who moves? A longitudinal study of internal migration and integration of recent Canadian immigrants

Human capital and labour market

• Amélie Groleau, La persistance de la surqualification chez les diplômés de l’enseignement supérieur canadien
• Brahim Boudarbat, La surqualification professionnelle chez les diplômés des collèges et des universités au Canada
• Ross Hickey, Licensure and discrimination: Evidence from Canadian social workers
• Charles Fleury, Transformation du rapport au travail des médecins de famille au Québec

Family and social connection

• Ana Fostik, Family complexity as a source of inequalities
• Gustave Goldmann, Aboriginal lone-parent families, their socio-economic challenges and the impact on their children
• Lisa Oliver, Population density and social participation among older adults

Health inequalities in Canada

• Colin Steensma, Drawing a portrait of health inequalities in Canada: The pan-Canadian health inequalities reporting initiative
• Michael Tjepkema, Using census linkages to track health inequalities over time
• Erin Pichora, Measuring health care inequalities using the census-DAD data linkage
• Nicole Aitken, Measuring health inequality using linked data

Social mobility

• Pierre Canisius Kamanzi et Olivier Lafontaine, La segmentation scolaire et les inégalités d’accès à l’enseignement postsecondaire
• Marie Connolly, L'évolution de la mobilité sociale au Canada

Using administrative data for research: case studies of income assistance programs in Ontario

• Tracy Smith-Carrier, The Ontario disability support program: documenting the trends
• Saeed Rana, On the dynamics of the Ontario Disability Support Program
• Jason  Adams, Social assistance spells and training program efficacy: Evidence from Ontario Work

Determinants of health

• Dora Tam, Determinants for healthy development: A comparison between racialized and non-racialized youth
• Neeru Gupta, Income inequalities and potentially avoidable hospitalizations for chronic diseases: A Canadian population-based study
• Piotr Wilk, Spatial variations in hospitalization rates for cardiometabolic ambulatory care sensitive conditions across Canada

Integrating administrative data: The challenges and the expected benefits for policy

• Ron Anderson, Criminal justice re-contact and leveraging administrative data
• Aklilu Tefera, Opening up social assistance administrative data for integrated policy development
• Sylvie Gauthier, Fill in the gaps: Creation of an education longitudinal linkage platform

Topics in income inequality

• Michael Haan, Are people still moving for money? Changes in the mover's premium over time
• Herb Emery, How large are the economic returns to English-French bilingualism in New Brunswick?
• Yannick Marchand, L'inégalité des revenus au Canada de 1981 à 2011 : Une étude des dimensions régionales du problème

Family, childcare, and work

• Lisa Kaida & Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Home-based workers, on-site workers, and the gender division of household labour in Canada
• Marie Mélanie Fontaine, L’évolution de la pénalité de bébé au Canada, sa distribution géographique et son lien avec les politiques familiales

Mental health, victimization, and violence

• Jinette Comeau, Patterns of social assistance use and children’s trajectories of emotional and behavioural problems
• Soyeon Kim, Cyberbullying victimization and its impact on health across the life course: A Canadian population study
• Emeka Eugene Dim, Prevalence and Predictors of Psychological Violence against male victims in intimate relationships in Canada
• Paul Millar, Homicide clearance and organized crime

Measuring inequalities: methodological challenges

• Grant Gibson, Ask Me About My Day: A Framework For Assessing Response Bias In Subjective Survey Data
• Charles Plante, Do our low income indicators also capture poverty? Using longitudinal data to evaluate Canada’s leading poverty indicators
• Carolyne Alix, Les tendances des inégalités sociales en matière de tabagisme au Québec sous l’angle de différentes mesures

Taxation policies and inequalities

• Mohammad N. Khan, Understanding the disparity in financial knowledge across income groups in Canada
• Carole Vincent, La fiscalité québécoise sous l'angle des inégalités entre les femmes et les hommes
• Jennifer Robson, What can we learn from our mistakes in addressing inequality and mobility? The case of the Canada Learning Bond
• Joe Lesica, Income inequality, small business taxation and lobbying

 Postconference workshops

• Examining economic inequalities in Canada using household consumption data, 1969-2014
• New developments in CRDCN dataset portfolio
  
•          Health Record Linkage
•          Immigration - IMDB
•          Taxation - LAD
•          Unemployment insurance pilot project