Leveraging Statistics Canada data integration opportunities for program evaluation

Marc Frenette, Winnie Chan and Tomasz Handler

Economic and Social Reports from Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies and Modelling Branch

Abstract: Government programs are designed to help individuals, families, communities and businesses through grants, loans, subsidies, job training, informational or counselling services, etc. The costs of setting up and running these programs often run well into the millions and, in some cases, billions of dollars. Establishing what sorts of impacts a program has on beneficiaries is crucial for understanding its value (i.e., do the benefits outweigh the costs?), which can then be used to justify the development, continuation, or cessation of the program.

Keywords: data integration; program evaluation; program data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J23 M21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-03-26
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DOI: 10.25318/36280001202500300002-eng

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