Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) – Leaving Welfare for a Job: How Did SSP Affect the Kinds of Jobs Welfare Recipients were Willing to Accept?
This new working paper uses data from SRDC’s Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) to shed light on an important but often overlooked factor in trying to understand the effectiveness of welfare-to-work policy — the quality of the post-welfare job.
Project Details
Published: August 2002
Capability: Experimentation
Policy Area: Income Security - Welfare and Employment
Population: Low-skilled Workers - Social Assistance Recipients - Women - Communities and Families - EI Recipients - Low-income Populations
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