Back to Basics: Restoring Equity and Efficiency in the EI Program - EI Reform Part II

Regionally based entry requirements and benefit durations prolong the persistence of unemployment and reduce economic incentives to adjust to labour-market conditions. Reforms aimed at equity are overdue. Regionally based criteria should be replaced by uniform, countrywide, employment insurance entrance requirements and benefit durations.

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Year of publication:	2009-08
Authors:	Busby, Colin ; Laurin, Alexandre ; Gray, David
Institutions:	C. D. Howe Institute
Subject:	employment insurance reform

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	e-briefs.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Published on the C.D. Howe Institute website, August 2009 Number 84 7 pages
Classification:	E24 - Employment; Unemployment; Wages ; J65 - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings ; J68 - Public Policy
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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