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O Sister, Where Art Thou? The Role of Son Preference and Sex Choice : Evidence from Immigrants to Canada

Almond, Douglas - 2009

. Standard explanations include poverty and a cultural emphasis on male offspring. We study Asian immigrants to Canada using …

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Job Transitions and Employee Earnings After Acquisitions : Linking Corporate and Worker Outcomes

Arnold, David; Milligan, Kevin; Moon, Terry; Tavakoli, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

and acquisitions (M&As). Using firm balance sheet data linked to individual earnings data in Canada and a matched …

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The Economics of Long-Term Care in Canada

Milligan, Kevin; Schirle, Tammy - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

financial, organizational, and physical structures of the long-term care system. Unlike other OECD countries, Canada's system is … and regulating long-term care. We provide institutional and empirical details on the evolution and future of Canada's long …

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The Evolution of Longevity : Evidence from Canada

Milligan, Kevin - 2018

We find a steep earnings-longevity gradient using fifty years of administrative data from Canada, with men in the top ….6 years. Unlike the United States, this longevity gradient in Canada has shifted uniformly through time, with approximately …

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Do Child Tax Benefits Affect the Wellbeing of Children? Evidence from Canadian Child Benefit Expansions

Milligan, Kevin - 2008

benefits in Canada to study these questions. Importantly, our approach allows us to make stronger causal inferences than has … findings suggest that child benefit programs in Canada had significant positive effects on test scores, as has been featured in …

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Evidence From Maternity Leave Expansions of the Impact of Maternal Care on Early Child Development

Baker, Michael - 2008

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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Universal Childcare, Maternal Labor Supply, and Family Well-Being

Baker, Michael - 2005

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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Distributional Impacts of the Self-Sufficiency Project

Bitler, Marianne P. - 2005

the overall literature has focused on mean impacts. In this paper, we use random-assignment experimental data from Canada …

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How Does Job-Protected Maternity Leave Affect Mothers' Employment and Infant Health?

Baker, Michael - 2005

and expansion of job-protected maternity leave in Canada. The substantial variation in leave entitlements across mothers …

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The Integration of Child Tax Credits and Welfare : Evidence from the National Child Benefit Program

Milligan, Kevin - 2004

In 1998, the Canadian government introduced a new child tax credit. The innovation in the program was its integration with social assistance (welfare). Some provinces agreed to subtract the new federally-paid benefits from provincially-paid social assistance, partially lowering the welfare wall....

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