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MQUP releases Interregional Migration and Public Policy in Canada by Kathleen M. Day and Stanley L. Winer, in the Carleton Library Series.
Praise from experts in the field:
"Kathleen Day and Stan Winer are to be congratulated on having produced a book that will be the standard reference to the topic in Canada, and will also attract international attention."
Morley Gunderson, University of Toronto
"This book is a thorough, comprehensive and excellent analysis and discussion of an important public policy question: how and to what extent do regional differences affect interregional migration, and how and to what extent does such migration affect the level of well-being of people in different regions as well as in the nation as a whole? Winer and Day first walk the reader through the extensive past discussion of this question in Canada, before carefully developing and presenting their own detailed analysis of the interactions between public policies (such as taxation, employment insurance, social assistance, and intergovernmental grants) over the 1968-96 period. They then extend the analysis to include such ‘out-of-model’ events in this period as the closure of the east coast fishery and the Quebec referendums, before concluding with a balanced assessment of both the analytical and policy issues related to internal migration and public policy. This book that should be on the shelves of any serious analyst of Canadian public policy and should also be of interest to those in any country concerned with regional issues."
Richard Bird, University of Toronto
"The determinants and consequences of interregional migration are of profound policy importance in a large decentralized federation like Canada. Migration influences government policy and may severely constrain it. Understanding the magnitude of migration responses to public policy is a prerequisite for good policy choices. In this book, two of the literature’s most prominent contributors, Kathleen Day and Stanley Winer, undertake a formidable and thorough study of the economic and policy determinants of interregional migration in Canada. The results, which are based on state-of-the-art structural estimation of migration as a decision with uncertain consequences using income tax based micro-data, are both convincing and, to some eyes, surprising. While some policies, such as unemployment insurance, affect migration in predictable ways, the study reveals that economic opportunities and extraordinary events play a much more important role than regionally differentiated economic policies. The authors present a careful overview of the relevance of their findings for public policy. This book is destined to become a classic reference for years to come, and an important benchmark for the study of regional and federal policies in Canada."
Robin Boadway, Queen’s University
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