Canadian contributions to family economics

Shelly Lundberg and Aloysius Siow

Canadian Journal of Economics, 2017, vol. 50, issue 5, 1304-1323

Abstract: Canadian scholars have made substantial contributions to the relatively new field of family economics. These include new models of how men and women match in marriage markets, and of how decisions are made in multi-person households. Several were early contributors to the literature on married women's labour supply and labour supply in a family context, and helped to develop empirical methods in this area. A particular focus has been on the impacts of policy-relevant parameters, such childcare costs, on family labour supply and child well-being. New work on child development, the impact of early life conditions, and the processes of intergenerational transmission also highlight the importance of family context in determining economic well-being.

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Date: 2017
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