This paper analyses the national retail sales tax reform proposed in the federal government's June 1987 White Paper on Tax Reform using an applied general equilibrium model of the Quebec economy. The model evaluates the welfare effect and the incidence effects in Quebec of replacing both the...

The purpose of this paper is to examine different types of models dealing with the question of income distribution. These models can be classified into three categories: microsimulation models, computable general equilibrium models and integrated macro-distribution models. In this study, we are...

The purpose of this article is to measure the incidence of child-care financing policies for Quebec families and to evaluate the effects of the 1994 Quebec reform on the type of child care chosen. The reform had two main elements: a substantial increase in financial aid to low-income parents and...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the structure of unemployment in Quebec, in terms of duration, frequency and concentration. The methodology adopted has been developed by Clark and Summers for the United States, and used by Hasan and De Broucker for Canada. The most striking results are:...

Recent research suggests that the sex of a child has a large and varied impact on parental behaviours and family outcomes. A general finding emerges from this literature: in terms of family choices (marriage, divorce, fertility) and individual behaviours (work, consumption, and non-market...

In labor economics, an increasing number of assertions are set out in dynamic terms. Ideally, panel data — or, at least, retrospective data — must be used to test these assertions. However, recent studies have shown that data taken from a time series of cross sections can be used to...

This study compares the economic well-being of families with and without children and looks into their place in the size distribution of income, in Canada and Québec from 1971 to 1987. The evidence presented in the paper suggests that having children reduces the chances of affluence and...

This paper analyses non-market time uses by two-parent families with at least one child aged less than 18 years, and the sharing of parental and domestic tasks between men and women. The analysis is based on data from Statistic Canada's 1986 and 1992 Surveys on the Use of Time by Canadians. The...

The primary objective of income security policies is to see that resources go to those in need. Programs resulting from these policies can be evaluated for their equity and efficiency. Explicit recognition of time as a factor determining resources and needs of families modifies the traditional...