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The Long-Run Impacts of Early Childhood Education : Evidence From a Failed Policy Experiment

DeCicca, Philip - 2011

We investigate short and long-term effects of early childhood education using variation created by a unique policy … experiment in British Columbia, Canada. Our findings imply starting Kindergarten one year late substantially reduces the … for low income students and males. Estimates suggest that entering kindergarten early may have a detrimental effect on …

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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 increased public financing for childcare. The optimality of public financing depends on a host of factors, such as the "crowd-out" of existing childcare arrangements, the impact on...

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The Effects of Child Tax Benefits on Poverty and Labor Supply : Evidence from the Canada Child Benefit and Universal Child Care Benefit

Baker, Michael; Messacar, Derek; Stabile, Mark - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

We investigate whether child tax benefits reduce child poverty and labor force participation among single mothers within the context of the 2015 expansion of the Canadian Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) and the 2016 introduction of the Canada Child Benefit (CCB). We compare single mothers to...

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Does Quebec's Subsidized Child Care Policy Give Boys and Girls an Equal Start?

Kottelenberg, Michael J. - 2017

Although an increasing body of research promotes the development of universal early education and care programs, little …

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Targeted or Universal Coverage? Assessing Heterogeneity in the Effects of Universal Childcare

Kottelenberg, Michael J. - 2016

We extend earlier research evaluating the Quebec Family Policy by providing the first evidence on the distributional effects of universal child care on two specific developmental outcomes. Our analysis uncovers substantial policy relevant heterogeneity in the estimated effect of access to...

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Boy-Girl Differences in Parental Time Investments : Evidence from Three Countries

Baker, Michael - 2013

We study differences in the time parents spend with girls and boys at preschool ages in Canada, the U.K. and the U.S. We refine previous evidence that fathers commit more time to boys, showing this greater commitment emerges with age and is not present for very young children. We next examine...

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New Evidence on the Impacts of Access to and Attending Universal Childcare in Canada

Kottelenberg, Michael J. - 2013

early education and care policies in other provinces. While these policies have proven to be incredibly popular among …

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The Multigenerational Impact of Children and Childcare Policies

Karademir, Sencer; Laliberté, Jean-William P.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

This paper examines the multigenerational impact of children and whether the public provision of formal childcare lessens the earnings and employment impacts of children. We find that the arrival of a firstborn reduces employment and earnings of mothers and employment of grandmothers. Studying a...

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Mental Health in Childhood and Human Capital

Currie, Janet - 2007

income and maternal education. We find that mental health conditions, and especially ADHD, have large negative effects on … future test scores and schooling attainment, regardless of family income and maternal education …

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