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covering the universe of children born in Canada between 1972 and 1985 and random forest proximity matching, I estimate the …Parental job loss is a large, negative shock to the household that can affect children in both the short- and long …-run. Little is known, however, about how the long-run impacts of job loss on children vary with the child's age at the time of …
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This study investigates the role of family structure on cognitive outcomes of children. Using the rich panel data … information from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), collected on children and their families … changes in family structure. We find that children who stay-in or move-to non-intact families have lower reading scores than …
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is the case in Canada as well, by estimating the progress of immigrant women over the 2000s. We use traditional measures …The behaviour of married immigrant women regarding fertility and labour markets is an essential piece to understand the … economic and cultural integration of immigrant households. However, the contribution of married immigrant women to the Canadian …
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pre-school children. Using data from the Infant Cohort of the Growing-Up in Ireland Survey, propensity score matching … months old increase the likelihood of being overweight at 3 years old, but only for children of mothers with higher levels of … education. Informal childcare at 9 months also has harmful effects on child weight, but again only for children of more educated …
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This paper investigates parental time investment in children prior to formal schooling as a source of intergenerational …
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Current and future well-being and economic prosperity of children depend in large part on the nuances of decisions made … children. We estimate differences in the time that immigrant and Canadian-born parents allocate to child-care activities … care-time parents provide for their children, we do find significant differences - by immigrant status - in time …
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fertility at the intensive margin but had varying impacts by life stage. For younger cohorts of women early in their careers and …, suggesting that subsidized childcare may have helped young women balance work and family life. In contrast, for older cohorts of … women, most of whom already had at least one child, the reform boosted employment but decreased the likelihood of having …
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Leveraging the introduction of universal low-fee daycare in Québec in 1997, we assess the welfare effect of universal childcare provision. First, using novel data on local daycare coverage and a difference-in-differences design, we show that positive impacts on maternal labor supply and...
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