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245	1	0	_aTesting a financial incentive to promote re-employment among displaced workers : _bthe Canadian Earning Supplement Project (ESP)
260			_c2001
520	3		_aThis article presents findings from a randomized experiment conducted in four Canadian provinces to measure the effects of a generous financial incentive that was designed to promote rapid re-employment among worker who were displaced from their jobs by changing economic conditions. The incentive tested was an earnings supplement which, for as long as 2 years and as much as $250 weekly, would replace 75 percent of the earning loss incurred by displaced workers who took a new lower-paying full-time job within six months of receiving a supplement offer. Findings from the experiment indicate that although persons offered the supplement understood its terms and conditions, only 2 out of 10 actually received supplement payments. Furthermore, the supplement offer had little effect on job-search behavior, employment prospects, or receipt of unemployment insurance. Nevertheless, persons who received supplement payments, benefited from them substantially. On average, they received payments for 64 weeks, totaling
520	3		_a8.705
773	0	8	_tJournal of Policy Analysis and Management _g20, 3, p. 505-523 _d, 2001 _w
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998			_a20021119 _bCassio _cCassio
998			_a20060614 _b1655^b _cQuiteria
999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c8560 _d8560
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