An Analysis of Canadian Unemployment

US Labour Market Policy and the Canada-US Unemployment Rate Gap

“…Hence, the results of this computational experiment lend some support to Keil and Symons (1990) who argue that the gap was a delayed reaction to the 1971 liberalization of the Canadian UI program. A Canadianstyle UI system is predicted to increase the US unemployment rate by 2.4 percentage points, which is about the size of the 1980s gap.…”

“…Keil and Symons (1990), for example, argue that the gap is to a large ex-tent a manifestation of the dramatic liberalization of the Canadian UI system in 1972; prior to the 1981-82 recession, the gap was apparently masked by macroeconomic conditions favourable to Canada over the 1970s. Keil and Symons (1990), for example, argue that the gap is to a large ex-tent a manifestation of the dramatic liberalization of the Canadian UI system in 1972; prior to the 1981-82 recession, the gap was apparently masked by macroeconomic conditions favourable to Canada over the 1970s.…”

Le chômage des jeunes au Québec et au Canada

“…Elle tient, en deuxième lieu, au contexte de la crise pétrolière qui a frappé les économies occidentales en 1975. La réforme de la loi de l'assurance-chômage de 1971 est un autre facteur qui a joué dans l'augmentation du taux de chômage des jeunes (Fortin 1984 ;Keil et Symons 1990). Le niveau de l'aide fournie et les conditions d'admissibilité prévues par cette réforme ont encouragé certains jeunes à accepter du chômage rémunéré plus souvent et plus longtemps (Kerr 1997) et ont contribué à la désincitation financière de cette catégorie de la population à la recherche effective d'un emploi.…”

Is Unemployment Insurance Addictive? Evidence from the Benefit Durations of Repeat Users

“…' Fortin (1984) and Milbourne, Purvis, and Scoones (1991) are notable exceptions. They present neoclassical models of labor supply that imply UI claimants will make repeated 'Beach and Kaliski (1983), Corak (1 992c), Ham and Rea (1987), Keil and Symons (1990), Moorthy (1989-90), and Phipps (1990aPhipps ( , 1990b are some of the more recent studies that have addressed issues dealing with static disincentives in the Canadian context. Some recent studies for the United States are Baldwin Grossman (1989), Katz andMeyer (1990a, 1990b), use of the program.…”