Relative to the Unemployment Insurance Programs of Other Countries, the Salient

Multiple Choice

Relative to the unemployment insurance programs of other countries, the salient feature of Canada's unemployment insurance program is that:

A) it is generous to workers who have been permanently laid off.
B) the duration of benefit entitlement is long.
C) the premiums that workers and firms pay are high.
D) it awards generous benefits to part-year workers.
E) it replaces a high fraction of the wage of the lost job.