Employment and child‐care choices in Canada and the United States

Charles Michalopoulos and Philip Robins

Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2000, vol. 33, issue 2, 435-470

Abstract: In this paper we examine employment and child‐care choices of two‐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. However, none of these factors helps to explain the differences in employment and child‐care choices between the two countries. Ce mémoire examine le choix de l'emploi et du soin des enfants dans les familles où il y deux parents aux Etats‐Unis et au Canada en utilisant des données d'études récentes dans les deux pays. Il appert que les choix des familles canadiennes sont semblables à ceux des familles américaines. Les calibrations d'un modèle de ces choix montrent les effets significatifs des subventions au soin des enfants, du prix des soins des enfants, et des taux de salaires sur ces choix. Cependant, aucun de ces facteurs n'explique les diffrences dans les patterns de choix entre les deux pays.

Date: 2000
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