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INCOME SUPPORT CASELOADS IN ALBERTA Number of people who collect income support in Alberta, over the period April 2005 to January 2017 The effects of lower oil prices, the difficulty of gaining approval for new pipelines, and the Fort McMurray fires have all contributed to job losses, income drops,...
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ftdatacite:10.11575/sppp.v10i0.43132 2023-08-27T04:09:29+02:00 Social Policy Trends- Income Support Caseloads in Alberta ... Gres Wilkins, Margarita 2017 https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/sppp.v10i0.43132 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/sppp/article/view/43132 en eng The School of Public Policy Publications https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/sppp.v10i0 https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/sppp.v10i0.43132.g30847 Text article-journal Article ScholarlyArticle 2017 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.11575/sppp.v10i0.4313210.11575/sppp.v10i010.11575/sppp.v10i0.43132.g30847 2023-08-07T14:24:23Z INCOME SUPPORT CASELOADS IN ALBERTA Number of people who collect income support in Alberta, over the period April 2005 to January 2017 The effects of lower oil prices, the difficulty of gaining approval for new pipelines, and the Fort McMurray fires have all contributed to job losses, income drops, and uncertainty about future prospects. Measures of economic health typically focus on the unemployment rate, GDP, and the number of job losses. Another useful indicator is the number of people relying on social assistance. Those receiving social assistance have often exhausted all other options – including Employment Insurance – and are now relying on this last layer of the social safety net. ... : The School of Public Policy Publications, Vol 10 (2017) ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Fort McMurray DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Fort McMurray |
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INCOME SUPPORT CASELOADS IN ALBERTA Number of people who collect income support in Alberta, over the period April 2005 to January 2017 The effects of lower oil prices, the difficulty of gaining approval for new pipelines, and the Fort McMurray fires have all contributed to job losses, income drops, and uncertainty about future prospects. Measures of economic health typically focus on the unemployment rate, GDP, and the number of job losses. Another useful indicator is the number of people relying on social assistance. Those receiving social assistance have often exhausted all other options – including Employment Insurance – and are now relying on this last layer of the social safety net. ... : The School of Public Policy Publications, Vol 10 (2017) ... |
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