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Policy Options for Retargeting the Canada Child Benefit

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  • Jonathan Rhys Kesselman

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The Canada Child Benefit (CCB) is the nation's second largest cash transfer program, and it contributes significantly to reducing child poverty. The program could be further targeted to poverty reduction either through federal program changes or by giving each province the discretion to vary its parameters on a cost-neutral basis. This article describes the CCB, documents the eight provincial child benefit programs, and investigates various scenarios for federal reform of or provincial variation in the CCB. The article presents simulated impacts of the cost-neutral policy scenarios on distribution and incentives for various groups, with a special focus on sole-parent families, and it assesses major related policy considerations.

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  • Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, 2019. "Policy Options for Retargeting the Canada Child Benefit," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 45(3), pages 310-328, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpp:issued:v:45:y:2019:i:3:p:310-328
    DOI: 10.3138/cpp.2019-003
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    1. Stabile, Mark & Baker, Michael & Messacar, Derek, 2021. "The Effects of Child Tax Benefits on Poverty and Labor Supply: Evidence from the Canada Child Benefit and Universal Child Care," CEPR Discussion Papers 15937, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    2. Daniel Béland & Shannon Dinan & Philip Rocco & Alex Waddan, 2022. "COVID-19, poverty reduction, and partisanship in Canada and the United States [Early impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on household finances in Quebec]," Policy and Society, Darryl S. Jarvis and M. Ramesh, vol. 41(2), pages 291-305.

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