Earnings Supplement Project (ESP)

Lessons learned from the Social Research and Demonstration Corporation’s research on work and reliance on Employment Insurance (EI) benefits.

• A Financial Incentive to Encourage Employment Among Repeat Users of Employment Insurance
• Employment Insurance and Family Response to Unemployment: Canadian Evidence from the SLID
• Employment Insurance And Geographic Mobility: Evidence From The SLID
• Essays on the Repeat Use of Unemployment Insurance
• Implementing ESP: A Test of a re-Employment Incentive
• Seasonal Employment and Reliance on Employment Insurance: Evidence from the SLID
• Testing a re-Employment Incentive for Displaced Workers
• The Dynamics of Reliance on EI Benefits: Evidence from the SLID
• The Frequent Use of Unemployment Insurance in Canada
• The Impact of the Allowable Earnings Provision on EI Dependency
• Understanding Employment Insurance Claim Patterns: Final Report Of ESP
• Who Benefits from Unemployment Insurance in Canada: Regions, Industries, or Individual Firms?

Project Details

Published: March 2004
Capability: Experimentation
Policy Area: Income Security - Welfare and Employment
Population: EI Recipients - Low-skilled Workers

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