00000nam##2200000za#4500 9.615471 CaOODSP 20200706133953 ta 150406|2001||||xxc||||| f|0| 0 eng|d 0-660-18449-4 1200-5223 CaOODSP eng n-cn--- CS11-0019/166E An assessment of EI and SA reporting in SLID / by Constantine Kapsalis. Ottawa - Ontario : Statistics Canada. 2001. 29p. : graphs, references, tables ; 28 cm. Research paper series 1200-5223 No. 166 "This study assesses two potential problems with respect to the reporting of Employment Insurance (EI) and Social Assistance (SA) benefits in the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID): (a) under-reporting of the monthly number of beneficiaries; and (b) a tendency to incorrectly report receiving benefits throughout the year, while in fact benefits may have been received only in certain months, leading to artificial spikes in the January starts and December terminations of benefit spells (seam effect)."--Abstract. This study assesses two potential problems with respect to the reporting of Employment Insurance (EI) and Social Assistance (SA) benefits in the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID): (a) under-reporting of the monthly number of beneficiaries; and (b) a tendency to incorrectly report receiving benefits throughout the year, while in fact benefits may have been received only in certain months, leading to artificial spikes in the January starts and December terminations of benefit spells (seam effect).--Abstract Softcover 01-46 2001-11-16 Statistics Canada. Analytical Studies Branch. Kapsalis, Constantine An assessment of EI and SA reporting in SLID / (CaOODSP)9.557606 Research paper series, 1200-5223 No. 166 (CaOODSP)9.514463