Self-Sufficiency Project
The Self-Sufficiency Project was a Canadian experiment in the 1990s that provided a "generous, time-limited earnings supplement available to single parents who had been on welfare for a least a year, and who subsequently left welfare and found full-time work."[1]
The study found that individuals offered a SSP subsidy were four percent more likely to stay on welfare to receive the benefit, but once people qualified for the SSP supplement, 44% left welfare dependence and were employed full-time—defined as working at least 30 hours a week. The program was interesting since increases in employment boosted payroll and other taxes to a large enough extent that the subsidy paid for itself.
Later research suggested that the control group was on trend to catch-up with those who received the supplement in the long-run.[2][3][4]
Studies
[edit | edit source]Berkeley's David Card has studied this extensively with several papers, revealing the aforementioned results.
See also
[edit | edit source]International:
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Michalopoulos, Charles, Philip K. Robins and David Card. 2005. "When financial work incentives pay for themselves: evidence from a randomized social experiment for welfare recipients." Journal of Public Economics.
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