TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract This research explores how skill proficiencies are distributed between low-income and not-in low-income groups using the results of a highly complex survey of the information-processing skills of Canadians between the ages of 16 and 65. We find that having measures of skills enhances our understanding of the correlates of low income. Skills have an independent effect, even when controlling for other known correlates of low income, and their inclusion reduces the independent effect of education and immigrant status. This result is relevant for public policy development as the knowledge of the skills profile of the low-income population can inform the design of efficient and effective programmes.
VL  - 23
SN  - 978-1-78560-386-0, 978-1-78560-387-7/1049-2585
DO  - 10.1108/S1049-258520150000023005
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1049-258520150000023005
AU  - Heisz Andrew
AU  - Notten Geranda
AU  - Situ Jerry
PY  - 2015
Y1  - 2015/01/01
TI  - The Role of Skills in Understanding Low Income in Canada
T2  - Measurement of Poverty, Deprivation, and Economic Mobility
T3  - Research on Economic Inequality
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 153
EP  - 184
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -