Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) – Does SSP Plus Increase Employment? The Effect of Adding Services to the Self-Sufficiency Project’s Financial Incentives
This report describes SSP Plus employment services and estimates the extent to which these added services increased recipients’ response to the SSP supplement offer during the first year and a half after people entered the program.
Project Details
Published: May 1999
Capability: Experimentation
Policy Area: Income Security - Welfare and Employment
Population: Communities and Families - EI Recipients - Low-income Populations - Low-skilled Workers - Social Assistance Recipients - Women
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