Employment insurance, social assistance and other transfers

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• 1. Employment Insurance in Canada: Recent Trends and Policy Changes Archived

  Articles and reports: 11F0019M1998125

  Geography: Canada

  Description:

  This paper highlights recent trends in employment insurance (formerly unemployment insurance). It also provides a review of the historic evolution of the employment insurance program. The following summarizes the main results.

  The EI system has turned from large deficits prior to 1993, to nearly balancing the books in that year, and further to substantial surpluses ever since. This is attributable to many factors. Premium contributions collected from employees and employers have been stable at a historically high level since 1994 largely thanks to the recovery of the economy. On the other hand, benefit payouts have steadily declined since 1993 mainly due to a falling number of beneficiaries since 1993, benefit rate reduction from 60% to 57% in 1993 and further to 55% in 1994 except for low income claimants with dependents (back up 60%).

  The declining number of beneficiaries is in turn attributable to many factors. Unemployment as well as the unemployment rate has been falling since 1993 (there was a slight increase in 1996). Characteristics of the unemployed may have changed. There has also been a series of significant changes in policy parameters regarding benefit eligibility since 1990.

  Over the course of its nearly sixty years of existence, the EI system has undergone numerous changes. Most significantly, the 1971 UI Act which widely liberalized the pre-1971 system; a series of subsequent fine-tuning and tightening-up; and the abolishment of minimum hours/earnings coverage requirements (all employees are now covered), as well as the name change to "employment insurance" from "unemployment insurance".

  Release date: 1998-09-23

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• 2. Employment insurance in Canada: policy changes Archived

  Articles and reports: 75-001-X19980023828

  Geography: Canada

  Description:

  This overview highlights legislative and policy changes in Employment Insurance since 1940.

  Release date: 1998-06-25

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• 3. The welfare dynamics of reducing transfers from future to current generations Archived

  Table: 68-513-X19970013567

  Description:

  Generational Accounting (GA) attempts to measure the degree of intergenerational redistribution that exists within a given fiscal and demographic structure. This approach produces a more comprehensive measure of the extent of intergenerational redistribution stemming from government programs than traditional measures that are based solely on government debt and deficits.

  Release date: 1998-02-04

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• 1. The welfare dynamics of reducing transfers from future to current generations Archived

  Table: 68-513-X19970013567

  Description:

  Generational Accounting (GA) attempts to measure the degree of intergenerational redistribution that exists within a given fiscal and demographic structure. This approach produces a more comprehensive measure of the extent of intergenerational redistribution stemming from government programs than traditional measures that are based solely on government debt and deficits.

  Release date: 1998-02-04

Analysis (2) ((2 results))

• 1. Employment Insurance in Canada: Recent Trends and Policy Changes Archived

  Articles and reports: 11F0019M1998125

  Geography: Canada

  Description:

  This paper highlights recent trends in employment insurance (formerly unemployment insurance). It also provides a review of the historic evolution of the employment insurance program. The following summarizes the main results.

  The EI system has turned from large deficits prior to 1993, to nearly balancing the books in that year, and further to substantial surpluses ever since. This is attributable to many factors. Premium contributions collected from employees and employers have been stable at a historically high level since 1994 largely thanks to the recovery of the economy. On the other hand, benefit payouts have steadily declined since 1993 mainly due to a falling number of beneficiaries since 1993, benefit rate reduction from 60% to 57% in 1993 and further to 55% in 1994 except for low income claimants with dependents (back up 60%).

  The declining number of beneficiaries is in turn attributable to many factors. Unemployment as well as the unemployment rate has been falling since 1993 (there was a slight increase in 1996). Characteristics of the unemployed may have changed. There has also been a series of significant changes in policy parameters regarding benefit eligibility since 1990.

  Over the course of its nearly sixty years of existence, the EI system has undergone numerous changes. Most significantly, the 1971 UI Act which widely liberalized the pre-1971 system; a series of subsequent fine-tuning and tightening-up; and the abolishment of minimum hours/earnings coverage requirements (all employees are now covered), as well as the name change to "employment insurance" from "unemployment insurance".

  Release date: 1998-09-23

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• 2. Employment insurance in Canada: policy changes Archived

  Articles and reports: 75-001-X19980023828

  Geography: Canada

  Description:

  This overview highlights legislative and policy changes in Employment Insurance since 1940.

  Release date: 1998-06-25

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