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INCOME QUINTILE [2 records]

Record 1 2025-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
DEF

A policy model where individuals or households regularly receive a minimum amount of funds from the government.

CONT

The report indicates that the redistributive effect of [the] basic income model, with a set of assumptions about the elimination of certain federal and provincial programs and measures to offset costs, would include a 17. 5 percent increase in the average household income for the lowest-income quintile.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
DEF

Modèle de politique selon lequel les particuliers ou les ménages reçoivent régulièrement un montant minimum de fonds de la part du gouvernement.

CONT

Reposant sur un ensemble d'hypothèses concernant l'élimination de certains programmes fédéraux et provinciaux et l'instauration de mesures visant à compenser les coûts, le rapport révèle que l'effet de redistribution associé à ce modèle de revenu de base comprendrait, entre autres, une augmentation du revenu moyen des ménages de 17,5 [pour cent] pour le quintile de revenu le plus bas.

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
  • Taxation
  • Quantum Statistics
CONT

In 2011, families in all major income quintiles had a higher income (after taxes, transfers and inflation) than prior to the recession.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
  • Fiscalité
  • Statistique quantique
CONT

En 2011, les familles de tous les principaux quintiles de revenu disposaient d’un revenu supérieur (après impôts, transferts et inflation) à celui d’avant la récession.

Spanish

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