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The Linguistic Wage Gap in Quebec, 1901 to 1951
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The Linguistic Wage Gap in Quebec, 1901 to 1951
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The authors note that for most of Canada’s economic history, French-Canadians (who composed more than a quarter of the country’s population) had living standards inferior to those of English-Canadians. This was true even within the province of Quebec, where the French-Canadians constituted a majority. Today, no significant gap remains in Quebec. The authors found that surprisingly to them, the question of when the gap started to disappear remains unanswered. Most of the attention has been dedicated to the long-available post-1970 census data, which show rapid convergence. However, it is unknown whether the convergence started before 1970. In this paper, the authors use more recently uncovered data from the censuses between 1901 and 1951 to provide such an answer. Correcting an earlier paper, they explain that they found that there was convergence from 1901 to 1921, a reversal from 1921 to 1941 and a recovery between 1941 and 1951 that extended to 1971.
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Cliometrica: Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History
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Vol. 16
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no. 3
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615-637
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September 2022
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en
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An earlier version of the authors’ paper was titled “The Linguistic Wage Gap in Quebec, 1901 to 1921“ and can be found at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3641844 |
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Dean, Jason, and Vincent Geloso. “The Linguistic Wage Gap in Quebec, 1901 to 1951.” Cliometrica: Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History Vol. 16, no. 3 (September 2022): 615–637.
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