Arbeitspapier
When Can Experimental Evidence Mislead? A Re-Assessment of Canada's Self Sufficiency Project
The Self-Sufficiency Project was a well-known welfare-to-work experiment that provided a generous but time-limited financial incentive to leave welfare and enter the workforce. Experimental evidence showed large short-term impacts but no lasting effects. We argue that these conclusions need to be re-assessed. Policy changes implemented during the SSP implied the behavior of the control group did not provide an appropriate counterfactual. We estimate the impacts the financial incentive would have had in a stable policy environment. This re-assessment leads to significant changes in the lessons previously reached. Our study demonstrates that experimental findings need to be interpreted with care.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 9939
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Design of Experiments: General
National Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
- Thema
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welfare-to-work policies
social experiments
Self-Sufficiency Project
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Riddell, Chris
Riddell, W. Craig
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Bonn
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2016
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Riddell, Chris
- Riddell, W. Craig
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2016
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