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Political Science General

Interregional Migration and Public Policy in Canada

An Empirical Study

by (author) Kathleen M. Day & Stanley Winer

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2012
Category
General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773537446
    Publish Date
    Jan 2012
    List Price
    $110.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780773537453
    Publish Date
    Jan 2012
    List Price
    $40.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773587274
    Publish Date
    Jan 2012
    List Price
    $95.00

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Using a unique dataset based on income tax records, authors Kathleen Day and Stanley Winer examine the factors influencing the decision to migrate within Canada, paying special attention to the role of regional variation in the generosity of public policies including unemployment insurance, taxation, and public expenditure. The influence of extraordinary events such as the election of a separatist government in Quebec and the closure of the east coast cod fishery is also considered. They look at why we ought to be concerned about public policies that interfere with market-based incentives to move, provide a wealth of information on interregional differences in public policies and market conditions, and examine what other researchers have discovered about fiscally induced migration, culminating in a discussion of the likely impact of various policy changes on migration and provincial unemployment rates.

The authors' assessment of the lessons to be learned from their own and past research on policy-induced migration in Canada will be of interest to students of migration and policy makers alike.

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Editorial Reviews

"Kathleen Day and Stan Winer are to be congratulated on having produced a book that will be the standard reference to the topic in Canada, and will also attract international attention." Morley Gunderson, University of Toronto

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