Employment and child-care choices of single-parent families in Canada and the United States

Charles Michalopoulos; Philip K. Robins

doi:10.1007/s001480100099

Employment and child-care choices of single-parent families in Canada and the United States

Charles Michalopoulos, Philip K. Robins

Economics

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Abstract

This paper examines employment and child-care choices of single-parent families with young children in the United States and Canada, using a pooled data set based on recent national surveys in each country. We find that the employment and child-care choices of Canadian families are similar to those of U.S. families. Estimates of a model of employment and child-care choices indicate significant effects of child-care subsidies, child-care prices, and wage rates on employment and child-care choices.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	465-493
Number of pages	29
Journal	Journal of Population Economics
Volume	15
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s001480100099
State	Published - Aug 1 2002

Keywords

Child care
Labour supply
Subsidies

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Demography
Economics and Econometrics

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