employment unemployment and economic growth in OECD countries. The paper examines a number of facets of tax and welfare policy …

-differences model using differences pre- and post- reforms between Québec and the rest of Canada and between parents with young children … and those with older children. Our estimates suggest that Québec's family policies led to a small decrease in parents … in 1997, the Canadian province of Québec implemented a generous program providing $5-a-day childcare to children under …

-differences model using differences pre- and post- reforms between Québec and the rest of Canada and between parents with young children … and those with older children. Our estimates suggest that Québec's family policies led to a small decrease in parents … in 1997, the Canadian province of Québec implemented a generous program providing $5-a-day childcare to children under …

during the first year after child birth by 2.1 - 2.8pp (≈ 15 - 20%). However, the policy does not impact maternal employment …

the employment of single parents, thereby reducing their poverty more than among two-parent households. Family allowances …