In:
Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress), Vol. 37, No. 2 ( 2011-06), p. 163-181
Abstract:
This paper extends analyses of the declining social assistance participation rate in Canada since the mid-1990s using rich Manitoba administrative data for the period since 1999. We examine trends in Manitoba to mid-2008, separately analyze the entry and continuation rates, and include for the first time information about the growing number of adults with a disability on social assistance. Our results show that the declining participation rate is due entirely to a declining entry rate and that the continuation rate has actually risen since 1999, mainly because of the dramatic growth in the number of adults with a disability on social assistance but also because of the rising duration of spells on assistance by those without a disability. Our results raise questions about the policy, pursued in all jurisdictions in Canada, that keeps social assistance benefits low to discourage welfare use.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0317-0861
,
1911-9917
DOI:
10.3138/cpp.37.2.163
Language:
English
Publisher:
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
Publication Date:
2011
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2068300-5
SSG:
7,26
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