This chapter compares Canadian policies for families with children under the age of three with policies available in eight other affluent countries (Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, the UK, and the US), three from each of Esping-Andersen's 'three worlds' of welfare capitalism....

This chapter compares Canadian policies for families with children under the age of three with policies available in eight other affluent countries (Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, the UK, and the US), three from each of Esping-Andersen's 'three worlds' of welfare capitalism....

Using microdata from the Luxembourg Income Study, we assess 'time crunch' for families with children in Canada, Germany, Sweden, the U.K. and the U.S. Both theory and empirical evidence suggest that both time and money are important inputs to the well-being of parents and children. We present...

Using cross-sections of microdata from Surveys of Consumer Finance and Surveys of Labour and Income Dynamics, we document changes in the availability of time and money in Canadian two-parent families between 1971 and 2006 as the paid work hours of mothers have increased. While long hours of paid...

Uses LIS data to assess three dimensions of the new Canadian child benefit system: how the earned-income supplement will affect labor supply, the existence and consequences of lags between the receipt of benefits relative to income loss, and finally benefit levels are demonstrated to be lower...

Combines micro-data from seven LIS countries with macro/institutional variables (also provided by LIS) to test the implication of divorce-threat bargaining models of household behavior that 'extra-marital environmental parameters' should influence behavior.

Employs micro-data from LIS to provide an institutional and statistical survey of programs which provide income support for families with children in six countries. One of the strengths of this paper is that not only are underlying philosophies defined and compared but macro variables, gained...

The link between labor markets and poverty in Canada, Australia, Sweden, and the US is examined. An interesting examination of Australian minimum-wage rates and the experience of young workers is also contained.