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Sheila Block

Reducing Labour Market Inequality, Three Steps At A Time

There is a complex range of causes of Canada’s increased income inequality. They range from changes in how economic activity is organized and located internationally to domestic policy decisions. Some, like changes in patterns of international trade and production or technological change, can make the problem seem very large and intractable. That’s why it is because particularly important to identify those government policies that have contributed to increased inequality. This paper originally appeared as a series of three blog posts for the Broadbent Institute. You can find the blogs here.

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Sheila Block

Sheila Block

Sheila Block was Director, Economic Analysis at the Wellesley Institute 2010-2015. Sheila is an economist whose research interests include labour markets and public finance. Sheila joined Wellesley Institute in 2010 after more than 15 years of advocacy and research for organizations including the Ontario Federation of Labour and the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. She has also worked both as a political advisor and public servant in the Ontario government.

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