Use the Information Below to Answer the Following Questions

question 101

Multiple Choice

Use the information below to answer the following questions.
Fact 19.4.1 Income Gap Growing
In 2009, people in the highest quintile had 24.6 times as much market income as those in the lowest quintile, but after taxes and transfers the people in the highest quintile had 9.1 times as much income as those in the lowest quintile. In 1989, the people in the highest quintile had 7.2 times more income after taxes and transfers than those in the lowest quintile. In 1990, 82.9 percent of the unemployed received unemployment benefits. In 2009, 47.8 percent of the unemployed received unemployment benefits.
Source: Conference Board of Canada, July 13, 2011
-Refer to Fact 19.4.1. Changes in employment insurance ________ the income gap between the richest and the poorest Canadians.

• A)decreased
• B)increased
• C)had no effect on
• D)sometimes increased but mostly decreased
• E)eliminated

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