The Impact of Full-Day Kindergarten on Maternal Labour Supply

Elizabeth Dhuey, Jessie Lamontagne () and Tingting Zhang ()
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Jessie Lamontagne: Scotiabank
Tingting Zhang: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

No 12507, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We examine the impact of offering full-day as a replacement for half-day kindergarten on mothers' labour supply using the rollout of full-day kindergarten in Ontario, Canada. We find no impact on the extensive margin but do find one on the intensive margin. In particular, we find that access to full-day kindergarten increases weekly hours worked and decreases absenteeism for mothers of four-year-olds. We find that this effect is driven by specific sub-groups, namely non-immigrant mothers of only one child with low education levels who live in urban areas.

Keywords: maternal labour supply; early education; kindergarten (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2019-07
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Published - published as 'Full-Day Kindergarten: Effects on Maternal Labor Supply ' in: Education Finance and Policy, 2021, 16 (4), 533 - 557.

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