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, from other jurisdictions. This omission is particularly disturbing in the case of Canada, which now has some of the most … occupational gender segregation in Canada and its consequences for wages. The sample period precedes many provincial pay equity … penalties in female jobs in Canada are generally much smaller than the estimates for the United States. Although there is some …
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Several recent studies have found that earnings inequality in Canada has grown considerably since the late 1970's …
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I examine the effects of the introduction of the Spouse's Allowance to the Canadian Income Security (IS) system on the retirement behavior of couples. This program was effectively targeted at females in couples attempting to live on a single pension. It allowed qualifying spouses to receive the...
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in the US and Canada. In the US very low birthweight males face excess mortality compared to their female counterparts. I …, mothers in the US and Canada are more likely to experience depression post birth when the first born child is a boy. Perhaps … related, the parenting of first born boys in Canada in the first years of life is more likely to be confrontational …
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proceed by using the large variation across birth cohorts in income security entitlements in Canada that arise from reforms to …
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We study the impact of maternal care on early child development using an expansion in Canadian maternity leave entitlements. Following the leave expansion, mothers who took leave spent between 48 and 58 percent more time not working in the first year of their children's lives. We find that this...
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significant increase in maternity leave mandates in Canada. We find very large increases in mothers' time away from work post …
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The growing labor force participation of women with small children in both the U.S. and Canada has led to calls for …
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and expansion of job-protected maternity leave in Canada. The substantial variation in leave entitlements across mothers …
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Marriage penalties are a controversial feature of many government policies. Empirical evidence of their behavioral effects is quite mixed. This is surprising because economic theory predicts that they should have an impact on the headship decision. We investigate the removal of marriage...
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