In this paper, we investigate the effect of a change in childcare subsidies on parental subjective well-being. Starting in 1997, the Canadian province of Québec implemented a generous program providing $5-a-day childcare to children under the age of 5. By 2007, the percentage of children attending subsidized day care had tripled and mothers' labor force participation had increased substantially. Objectively, more labor force participation is seen as a positive improvement, bringing with it higher income, independence and bargaining power. Yet a decrease in women's subjective well-being over previous decades has been documented, perhaps due to a Second Shift effect where women work more but still bear the brunt of housework and childrearing ...
The growing labor force participation of women with small children in both the U.S. and Canada has l...
A complete account of the U.S. child care subsidy system requires an understanding of its implicatio...
This paper starts with a synthesis of changes in families, work (paid and unpaid), reproduction, and...
In this paper, we investigate the effect of a change in childcare subsidies on parental subjective w...
International audienceIn this paper, we investigate the effect of a change in child care subsidies o...
The growing labor force participation of women with small children in both the U.S. and Canada has l...
Financial support from the Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Société et la Culture is gratefull...
More than ten years ago, to increase mothers’ participation in the labour market and to enhance chil...
This paper shows that a temporary incentive to join the labor market or to work more can also produc...
In 2000, 79 percent of married Canadian women between the ages of 25 and 44 were in the labour forc...
In 2006, the Universal Child Care Benefit was introduced in Canada for all children aged less than 6...
The bases for family change include an economy that provides more work opportunities for women, and ...
A vast literature has examined the impact of family income on the health and development outcomes of...
More than ten years ago the province of Québec implemented a universal early childhood education and...
A large body of research has established that parents are less happy than nonparents. But is it alwa...
The growing labor force participation of women with small children in both the U.S. and Canada has l...
A complete account of the U.S. child care subsidy system requires an understanding of its implicatio...
This paper starts with a synthesis of changes in families, work (paid and unpaid), reproduction, and...
In this paper, we investigate the effect of a change in childcare subsidies on parental subjective w...
International audienceIn this paper, we investigate the effect of a change in child care subsidies o...
The growing labor force participation of women with small children in both the U.S. and Canada has l...
Financial support from the Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Société et la Culture is gratefull...
More than ten years ago, to increase mothers’ participation in the labour market and to enhance chil...
This paper shows that a temporary incentive to join the labor market or to work more can also produc...
In 2000, 79 percent of married Canadian women between the ages of 25 and 44 were in the labour forc...
In 2006, the Universal Child Care Benefit was introduced in Canada for all children aged less than 6...
The bases for family change include an economy that provides more work opportunities for women, and ...
A vast literature has examined the impact of family income on the health and development outcomes of...
More than ten years ago the province of Québec implemented a universal early childhood education and...
A large body of research has established that parents are less happy than nonparents. But is it alwa...
The growing labor force participation of women with small children in both the U.S. and Canada has l...
A complete account of the U.S. child care subsidy system requires an understanding of its implicatio...
This paper starts with a synthesis of changes in families, work (paid and unpaid), reproduction, and...