The goal of this paper is to investigate the health status and health care utilization consequences of social transfers for the health of mothers, in particular lone mothers, in Canada and Norway. Studies from Europe and the US and a recent Canadian work suggest that married individuals are...

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.

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...

The goal of this paper is to provide a descriptive comparison of economic outcomes for Canadian children, at the bottom, middle and top of the population income distribution. We use a very wide-angle camera, enabling us to provide a broad picture of differences/changes in families, policies and...

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...

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.