Canada’s Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) Evaluation: Study Types

Types of Studies

Type Implementation/Process Study
Aim To measure the operational issues related to the earnings supplement program.
 
Type Impact Study (Controlled Experiment)
Aim To measure the difference in employment, earnings, welfare receipt, and total income resulting from the earnings supplement. To determine what happens when the three-year supplement period ends.
 
Type Descriptive/Analytical Study
Aim To determine whether SSP's earnings supplements attracts new recipients to apply for welfare or induces welfare recipients to remain on welfare in order to qualify for SSP.