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

Colin Busby
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No 66, e-briefs from C.D. Howe Institute

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: social policy; Canadian EI program; employment insurance reform (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 J65 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 6 pages
Date: 2008-10
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Published on the C.D. Howe Institute website, October 2008

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