Unequal Access: Making Sense of EI Eligibility Rules and How to Improve Them

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Page Title:Unequal Access: Making Sense of EI Eligibility Rules and How to Improve Them – C.D. Howe Institute
Article Title:Unequal Access: Making Sense of EI Eligibility Rules and How to Improve Them
URL:https://cdhowe.org/publication/unequal-access-making-sense-ei-eligibility-rules-and-how-improve-them/
Published Date:May 18, 2016
Accessed Date:February 9, 2025

Improvements, not an overhaul, are needed for Employment Insurance (EI) eligibility, states a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Unequal Access: Making Sense of EI Eligibility Rules and How to Improve Them,” authors David Gray and Colin Busby find that the degree of alleged deterioration of the EI program as a social safety net over time is greatly misunderstood and exaggerated. 

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