Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) – When Financial Incentives Encourage Work: Complete 18-Month Findings from the Self-Sufficiency Project
This report examines the impacts of the Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) on employment, earnings, income assistance receipt, family incomes, poverty, and living conditions during the first 18 months after random assignment.
Project Details
Published: September 1998
Capability: Experimentation
Policy Area: Income Security - Welfare and Employment
Population: Women - Communities and Families - EI Recipients - Low-income Populations - Low-skilled Workers - Social Assistance Recipients
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