[fre] Hausses des barèmes et sorties de l'aide sociale. Les résultats d'une expérience naturelle au Canada. . Notre communication propose une évaluation des effets de la réforme d'août 1989 au Québec sur les taux de sortie de l'aide sociale. Cette réforme a conduit à augmenter très...

In this study we evaluate some effects of the reform of the welfare system that took place in the Province of Quebec in August 1989. This reform abolished the discrimination based on age that applied to the benefits single individuals and childless couples below the age of 30 were entittled to.

Few studies have examined the dynamics of participation in welfare in Québec and elsewhere in Canada. This paper sheds some light on that important topic, which is crucial for the understanding of the features and of the effects of welfare programmes, and for the analysis of possible reforms....