Fixing a Persistent Problem: Canada's Regional Pockets of Unemployment

Canada's Employment Insurance program pays weekly benefits to the unemployed that vary in generosity across regions. While the variable entrance requirements help deliver more benefits to seasonal workers, the mechanism spreads the generosity of benefits to all workers in a region, raising the costs of the program and hindering labour market adjustment.

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Year of publication:	2008-10
Authors:	Busby, Colin
Institutions:	C. D. Howe Institute
Subject:	social policy \| Canadian EI program \| 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, October 2008 Number 66 6 pages
Classification:	E24 - Employment; Unemployment; Wages ; J65 - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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