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- 1. Low income intensity: Urban and rural families ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X20010065882Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article uses a measure of low income intensity which incorporates the more commonly known low income rate and the average depth of low income to compare urban and rural families in Canada between 1993 and 1997.
Release date: 2001-09-12 - 2. An Assessment of EI and SA Reporting in SLID ArchivedArticles and reports: 11F0019M2001166Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study assesses two potential problems with respect to the reporting of Employment Insurance (EI) and Social Assistance (SA) benefits in the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID): (a) under-reporting of the monthly number of beneficiaries; and (b) a tendency to incorrectly report receiving benefits throughout the year, while in fact benefits may have been received only in certain months, leading to artificial spikes in the January starts and December terminations of benefit spells (seam effect). The results of the analysis show the following:
(1) The rate of under-reporting of EI in SLID is about 15%. Although it varies by month (from 0% to 30%), it is fairly stable from year to year.
(2) There are significant spikes in the number of January starts and December terminations of EI benefit spells. However, the spikes in January starts appear to represent a real phenomenon, rather than a seam problem. They mirror closely the pattern of establishment of new EI claims (the latter increase significantly in January as a result of the decline in employment following the Christmas peak demand). There are no corresponding statistics for EI claim terminations to assess the nature of December spikes.
(3) The rate of under-reporting of SA in SLID is about 50%, significantly greater than for EI. The rate of under-reporting goes down to about 20% to 30%, if we assume that those who received SA, but did not report in which months they received benefits, received benefits throughout the year.
(4) There are large spikes in the number of January starts and December terminations. As in the case of EI, the SA could reflect a real phenomenon. After all, SA starts and terminations are affected by labour market conditions, in the same way EI starts and terminations are affected. However, the SA spikes are much larger than the EI spikes, which increases the probability that, at least in part, are due to a seam effect.
Release date: 2001-09-11 - Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 75F0002M2000015Description:
This document outlines the structure of the January 2000 Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) labour interview, including question wording, possible responses, and flows of questions.
Release date: 2001-04-17 - 4. Repeat users of employment insurance ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X20010045725Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article compares the demographic characteristics of employment insurance (EI) claimants to employees in general. It also looks at the attitudes of EI users toward employment and unemployment.
Release date: 2001-03-23 - 5. Repeat users of employment insurance ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200110113045Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article compares the demographic characteristics of employment insurance (EI) claimants to employees in general. It also looks at the attitudes of EI users toward employment and unemployment.
Release date: 2001-03-23 - 6. Intergenerational Influences on the Receipt of Unemployment Insurance in Canada and Sweden ArchivedArticles and reports: 11F0019M2001159Geography: CanadaDescription:
The objective of this paper is to examine the extent to which an individual's use of unemployment insurance (UI) as a young adult is influenced by past experience with the program, and by having had a parent who also collected UI. A major methodological challenge is to determine the extent to which the intergenerational correlation of UI status is "spurious" or causal. Both the time to a first UI claim and the entire sequence of claims over an extended period are examined using two alternative ways of controlling for unobserved heterogeneity. The analysis is based upon longitudinal data on a cohort of young Canadian and Swedish men. It is found that parental use of UI shortens the time to a first UI claim in Canada, but not in Sweden. Subsequent participation in the Canadian program is influenced by parental UI history. In Sweden individual learning through past participation in UI - not family background - is the dominant avenue determining repeated participation.
Release date: 2001-01-12
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- 1. Low income intensity: Urban and rural families ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X20010065882Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article uses a measure of low income intensity which incorporates the more commonly known low income rate and the average depth of low income to compare urban and rural families in Canada between 1993 and 1997.
Release date: 2001-09-12 - 2. An Assessment of EI and SA Reporting in SLID ArchivedArticles and reports: 11F0019M2001166Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study assesses two potential problems with respect to the reporting of Employment Insurance (EI) and Social Assistance (SA) benefits in the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID): (a) under-reporting of the monthly number of beneficiaries; and (b) a tendency to incorrectly report receiving benefits throughout the year, while in fact benefits may have been received only in certain months, leading to artificial spikes in the January starts and December terminations of benefit spells (seam effect). The results of the analysis show the following:
(1) The rate of under-reporting of EI in SLID is about 15%. Although it varies by month (from 0% to 30%), it is fairly stable from year to year.
(2) There are significant spikes in the number of January starts and December terminations of EI benefit spells. However, the spikes in January starts appear to represent a real phenomenon, rather than a seam problem. They mirror closely the pattern of establishment of new EI claims (the latter increase significantly in January as a result of the decline in employment following the Christmas peak demand). There are no corresponding statistics for EI claim terminations to assess the nature of December spikes.
(3) The rate of under-reporting of SA in SLID is about 50%, significantly greater than for EI. The rate of under-reporting goes down to about 20% to 30%, if we assume that those who received SA, but did not report in which months they received benefits, received benefits throughout the year.
(4) There are large spikes in the number of January starts and December terminations. As in the case of EI, the SA could reflect a real phenomenon. After all, SA starts and terminations are affected by labour market conditions, in the same way EI starts and terminations are affected. However, the SA spikes are much larger than the EI spikes, which increases the probability that, at least in part, are due to a seam effect.
Release date: 2001-09-11 - 3. Repeat users of employment insurance ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X20010045725Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article compares the demographic characteristics of employment insurance (EI) claimants to employees in general. It also looks at the attitudes of EI users toward employment and unemployment.
Release date: 2001-03-23 - 4. Repeat users of employment insurance ArchivedArticles and reports: 75-001-X200110113045Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article compares the demographic characteristics of employment insurance (EI) claimants to employees in general. It also looks at the attitudes of EI users toward employment and unemployment.
Release date: 2001-03-23 - 5. Intergenerational Influences on the Receipt of Unemployment Insurance in Canada and Sweden ArchivedArticles and reports: 11F0019M2001159Geography: CanadaDescription:
The objective of this paper is to examine the extent to which an individual's use of unemployment insurance (UI) as a young adult is influenced by past experience with the program, and by having had a parent who also collected UI. A major methodological challenge is to determine the extent to which the intergenerational correlation of UI status is "spurious" or causal. Both the time to a first UI claim and the entire sequence of claims over an extended period are examined using two alternative ways of controlling for unobserved heterogeneity. The analysis is based upon longitudinal data on a cohort of young Canadian and Swedish men. It is found that parental use of UI shortens the time to a first UI claim in Canada, but not in Sweden. Subsequent participation in the Canadian program is influenced by parental UI history. In Sweden individual learning through past participation in UI - not family background - is the dominant avenue determining repeated participation.
Release date: 2001-01-12
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- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 75F0002M2000015Description:
This document outlines the structure of the January 2000 Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) labour interview, including question wording, possible responses, and flows of questions.
Release date: 2001-04-17
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