Quebec’s universal childcare policy : immigrant women’s labour supply and childcare usage

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dc.contributor.advisor MacDonald, Martha
dc.coverage.spatial Québec (Province)
dc.creator Khalifa, Habiba
dc.date.accessioned 2016-11-09T15:23:42Z
dc.date.available 2016-11-09T15:23:42Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.uri http://library2.smu.ca/handle/01/26633
dc.description 1 online resource (iv, 43 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.)
dc.description Includes abstract.
dc.description Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-37).
dc.description.abstract The 1997 Quebec childcare policy is the first and only universal childcare program to be introduced in Canada. By using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth from Statistics Canada, this paper analyzes the effects of this policy on immigrant women’s labour supply and their childcare usage over the course of 8 different cycles: 1994-1995, 1996-1997, 1998-1999, 2000-2001, 2002-2003, 2004-20005, 2006-2007 and 2008-2009. A double difference-in-difference method is used to estimate the effects. The results show an increase in immigrant women’s labour force participation, affecting the lower educated mothers more than the higher educated ones. In the case of childcare usage, whilst the results show an overall increase in usage, the increase is largely for informal childcare. This research adds to the existing literature, as it is the first to analyze the effects of the policy on immigrants in particular; the assumption that immigrants behave in the same way as non-immigrants is not fully supported by the findings. This paper opens up a new line of inquiry regarding the impacts of the 1997 Quebec childcare policy. en_CA
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dc.language.iso en en_CA
dc.publisher Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University
dc.title Quebec’s universal childcare policy : immigrant women’s labour supply and childcare usage en_CA
dc.type Text en_CA
thesis.degree.name Master of Applied Economics
thesis.degree.level Masters
thesis.degree.discipline Economics
thesis.degree.grantor Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.)
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