Child-Care Policy and the Labor Supply of Mothers with Young Children: A Natural Experiment from Canada
In 1997, the provincial government of Québec, the second most populous province in Canada, initiated a new child-care policy. Licensed child-care service providers began offering day-care spaces at the reduced fee of $5.00 per day per child for children aged 4. By 2000, the policy applied to all children not in kindergarten. Using annual data (1993-2002) drawn from Statistics Canada's Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, the results show that the policy had a large and statistically significant impact on the labor supply of mothers with preschool children. (c) 2008 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved..
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2008
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Authors: | Lefebvre, Pierre ; Merrigan, Philip |
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Journal of Labor Economics. - University of Chicago Press. - Vol. 26.2008, 3, p. 519-548
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University of Chicago Press |
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