Assessing the impact of a wage subsidy for single parents on social assistance

Guy Lacroix and Dany Brouillette

Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2011, vol. 44, issue 4, 1195-1221

Abstract: Abstract This paper studies the impact of a wage subsidy program aimed at long‐term social assistance recipients in Quebec. The program closely mimics the Self‐Sufficiency Project and was implemented for a trial period of one year in 2002.We focus on the labour market transitions of the targeted population starting one year before the implementation of the program and until the end of 2005. Our results show that the duration of spells off social assistance increased, while the duration of social assistance spells decreased slightly. The response to the program varies considerably with both observed and unobserved characteristics. Ce texte étudie l’impact d’un programme de subvention salariale visant les bénéficiaires d’aide sociale de longue durée au Québec. Le programme ressemble grandement au Projet de l’autosuffisance et a été mis en place pour une période d’essai d’un an en 2002. On se concentre sur les transitions sur le marché du travail de la population cible pour la période qui va d’un an avant la mise en place du programme jusqu’à la fin de 2005. Les résultats montrent que la durée des périodes hors de l’aide sociale a augmenté et que la durée de périodes où l’aide sociale est collectée a diminué légèrement. La réponse au programme varie grandement selon les caractéristiques observables et non‐observables.

Date: 2011
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