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Mending the Safety Net: Social Assistance Reform in Alberta
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Page Title: | Mending the Safety Net: Social Assistance Reform in Alberta – C.D. Howe Institute |
Article Title: | Mending the Safety Net: Social Assistance Reform in Alberta |
URL: | https://cdhowe.org/publication/mending-safety-net-social-assistance-reform-alberta/ |
Published Date: | April 1, 2021 |
Accessed Date: | February 12, 2025 |
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Alberta’s Path to Social Assistance Reform
- Alberta’s social assistance programs have been the fastest growing among provincial income support programs with caseloads doubling between 2008 and 2019.
- High clawback rates and low earnings exemptions decrease the likelihood of recipients bouncing out of the social safety net and back into the labour market.
- “Rather than improving social assistance through stricter eligibility criteria for access to benefits,” said co-author Parisa Mahboubi, “support programs should focus on increasing work incentives, reducing the cost of returning to work, and tackling other barriers to employment.”
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