D31 - Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions

• The Distributional Origins of the Canada-US GDP and Labour Productivity Gaps

  Staff Working Paper 2024-49 James (Jim) C. MacGee, Joel Rodrigue

  We find the top 10% of the income distribution accounts for three-quarters of the gap in GDP per adult between Canada and the United States. The large gaps in income for high-income earners help distinguish between alternative explanations of this persistent gap in GDP per adult.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Productivity JEL Code(s): D, D3, D31, E, E2, E24, J, J2, J24, J6, J61, N, N1, N12, O, O4, O47, O5, O51