Cyclical Changes in Short-Run Earnings Mobility in Canada, 1982-1996

Table 4: Net Cross-Sectional Polarization Responsiveness to

Unemployment for Men and Women, 1982-1996

	Men	Women
Beyond 50% of median marginal UR effect	0.687	0.432
	(4.51)	(4.75)
Change in VL and VH marginal UR effect	0.611	0.363
	(4.66)	(6.14)
Change in VL and L marginal UR effect	0.789	-0.035
	(17.5)	(0.43)
Change in VL marginal UR effect	0.496	0.078
	(16.4)	(1.37)
Change in VH and H marginal UR effect	-0.102	0.467
	(0.73)	(17.8)
Change in VH marginal UR effect	0.115	0.285
	(0.93)	(13.4)

Note: See notes to Table 2. Figures in parentheses are absolute values of “t-ratios”.
Coefficients are marginal effects as defined in the text.

Table 5: Net Cross-Sectional Upward/Downward Responsiveness
to Unemployment in Earnings Distributions for

Men and Women, 1982-1996

Men Women

Note: See notes to Table 3. Coefficients are marginal effects as defined in the text. Figures
in parentheses are absolute values of “t-ratios”.

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Charles M. Beach and Ross Finnie