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 | |
| State | Published - Aug 1 2002 |
Keywords
- Child care
- Labour supply
- Subsidies
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Demography
- Economics and Econometrics
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Michalopoulos, C., & Robins, P. K. (2002). Employment and child-care choices of single-parent families in Canada and the United States. Journal of Population Economics, 15(3), 465-493. https://doi.org/10.1007/s001480100099