The Size and Structure of Native-White Wage Differentials in Canada

• DOI: 10.2307/135800
• Publication Date: 2006-06-17T21:33:25Z
• Authors: Peter George; Peter Kuhn
• Keywords: White (mutation)

The labor market behavior of aboriginal Canadians has been little studied by economists. This paper establishes some basic empirical regularities concerning the wages natives in Canada, applying techniques drawn from earnings function literature to Statistics Canada 1986 Census Public Use Sample Tape. raw wage gap between and white is relatively small compared with that other disadvantaged groups North America, it smaller for women than males. Differences observable characteristics such as education, language, region account much 50 percent overall white-native gap.