Bobonis, Gustavo J. <br/><br/>
A Helping Hand Goes a Long Way:  Long-Term Effects of Counselling and Support to Workfare Program Participants / 
Gustavo J. Bobonis, Aneta Bonikowska, Philip Oreopoulos, W. Craig Riddell, Steven P. Ryan. 
 - Cambridge, Mass.  National Bureau of Economic Research  2022. 
 - 1 online resource:  illustrations (black and white); 
 - NBER working paper series  no. w30405 .
 - Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research)  no. w30405. .
<br/><br/> August 2022. 
<br/><br/> We study the long-run impacts of the Canada Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) Plus program, which randomly offered intensive employment support services for up to three years to long-term welfare recipients eligible for temporary work subsidies. We examine whether this intervention - aiming to address both economic and psycho-social barriers faced by the poor in finding and retaining desirable employment - led to long-run changes in individuals' socioeconomic trajectories. We link study participants to their federal tax and employer-employee matched records for up to 20 years after random assignment. The intensive services treatment led to a 20-27 percent increase in participants' annual earnings over the 20-year period, or approximately 26,000 CAD in present discounted real 2010 terms. As possible mechanisms, individuals experience increases in full-time employment throughout the first decade post-intervention, a greater retention of jobs in higher paying firms, and an improvement in non-cognitive skills. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty<br/>Time Allocation and Labor Supply