THE ECONOMIC-EFFECTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT-INSURANCE IN CANADA - AN EMPIRICAL-ANALYSIS OF UI DISENTITLEMENT

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: GREEN, DA; RIDDELL, WC
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/298330
• 发表日期: 1993
• 页码: S96-S147
• 关键词: reform; retirement; duration

摘要

This article provides an overview of the Canadian Unemployment Insurance (UI) program, including its evolution, salient features, relative size, and knowledge about its labor market impacts. Understanding of these impacts is limited, and we conclude that an ''event-study'' approach is a promising way to further this knowledge. We examine the effects of the 1976 UI disentitlement of the elderly on their labor force behavior and find evidence of significant adverse selection effects. Interactions with the public pension system suggest that poverty among the elderly could be best addressed through changes in programs other than UI.