Cycling Off and On Welfare in Canada
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2115207 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ernie Lightman (University of Toronto, corresponding author), Andrew Mitchell (0000-0003-0978-5046, University of Toronto), Dean Herd (University of Toronto) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 523-542 |
| Publication date | 2010-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2794 • E-ISSN: 1469-7823 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047279410000279 |
| OpenAlex | W2109650663 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 19 |
Internationally, traditional approaches to social assistance (welfare) have increasingly been replaced with 'active' labour market policies. Alongside other industrialised countries, Canada embraced this shift, with its emphasis on the 'shortest route' to paid employment.There has been little research on the outcomes of these dramatic changes in Canada, especially longer term. This article explores the post-welfare labour market experiences of people who were on social assistance in Canada in 1996. It uses the longitudinal micro-data files of the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) from Statistics Canada, which tracks a panel of recipients over five years. We examine the mixing of work and welfare, the transition from welfare to work, and selected labour market indicators - primarily hours of work and wages - that those in receipt of social assistance face in assuming paid work.Those leaving welfare for work face precarious employment opportunities. Leavers earn lower wages, work fewer hours and consequently have lower annual earnings than non-recipients. Over time the gap narrows but remains significant, even after six years. Returns to welfare are frequent. Overall, even after six years most social assistance recipients remained marginalised in the periphery of the labour market
Demographic economics · Earnings · Economic growth · Economics · Labour economics · Market economy · Receipt · Social Assistance · Survey of Income and Program Participation · Welfare · Welfare reform · Work (physics) · Employment and Welfare Studies · Finance · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Covering all the [welfare] basics’
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Activated, but Stuck”
Employment success of social assistance recipients
I Was Trusted for Once”
Discerning the social in individual stories of occupation through critical narrative inquiry
The reform of the welfare services in Norway
Human Again”
The Ontario Disability Support Program Work Exit Process
Life stabilization and resiliency for disabled people? A critical discourse analysis of the Ontario poverty reduction strategy
The Self-Sufficiency Trap
Preserving Cultural Heritage in the Context of Migratory Livelihoods
Workfare under Ontario Works
Reproducing Social Conditions of Poverty
The Generationing of Social Assistance Receipt and 'Welfare Dependency' in Ontario, Canada
Hybrid entitlement
The Role of Monetary and Non-Monetary Job Quality Components in Determining Welfare Exit
Commentary. 'Work first'
Ideas and Welfare State Reform in Western Europe
Evaluating Welfare Reform in the United States
Slipping into and out of Poverty
Work First’ and Immigrants in Toronto
The Fall and Rise of Developmental Uses of UI Funds
Importing Workfare
The Roles of Employment Barriers in Welfare Exits and Reentries after Welfare Reform
Before and After Tanf
Welfare to What? After Workfare in Toronto
Re-conceptualising Welfare-To-Work for People with Multiple Problems and Needs
| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,36 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |