In Canada, there’s an idea that if you work hard, you’ll get ahead. But at least one group is starting to feel like hard work might not be enough to move up the social status ladder. CBC News’ Stephen Cook explores whether millennials have less opportunity than their parents to get ahead.
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https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.27.3.79
https://angusreid.org/great-canadian-class-study/
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10.1086/696058
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/pub/11f0019m/11f0019m2010325-eng.pdf
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/220921/dq220921b-eng.htm
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/boom-and-bust-millennials-arent-all-worse-off-than-baby-boomers-but-the-rich-poor-gap-is-widening
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/210210/g-b001-eng.htm
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1110013401
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