Child‐Care Policy and the Labor Supply of Mothers with Young Children: A Natural Experiment from Canada

By P. Lefèbvre, P. Merrigan. Journal of Labor Economics, 2008

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Money for Nothing? Universal Child Care and Maternal Employment (2011, neutral): “[33] Lefebvre, P.”
The impact of work-family policies on women's employment: a review of research from OECD countries (2011, background): “…availability as such, rather than its costs, has a positive impact on the employment decisions of women (where there is economic opportunity; see, for example, Berlinski & Galiani, 2004; Cascio, 2006; Gelbach, 2002; Lefebvre & Merrigan, 2008; Van Ham & Büchel, 2004; Van Ham & Mulder, 2005).”
Does the cost of child care affect female labor market participation? An evaluation of a French reform of childcare subsidies (2015, background): “For instance, recent papers use the introduction of universal subsidized childcare spaces (Havnes and Mogstad, 2011 in Norway, Lefebvre and Merrigan, 2008 for the province of Quebec in Canada).”
Childcare subsidies and labour supply - Evidence from a large Dutch reform (2015, background): “…by Nollenberger and Rodŕıguez-Planas (2015) for the reform in Spain, but substantially smaller than the effects reported by Baker et al. (2008) and Lefebvre and Merrigan (2008) for the reform in Quebec.40 However, the comparison is complicated by the fact that we are comparing treatment effects…”
The Quantitative Role of Child Care for Female Labor Force Participation and Fertility (2016, background): “This response is close to the empirical estimates by Baker, Gruber, and Milligan (2008) and Lefebvre and Merrigan (2008) for the late 1990s in Quebec after the introduction of a similar policy.”
Children of a (Policy) Revolution: The Introduction of Universal Child Care and Its Effect on Fertility (2016, positive): “…that emerges from this literature in general is that of positive effects from the introduction or expansion of affordable child care on the labor supply of mothers—particularly sole mothers (e.g., Gelbach, 2002; Blau and Tekin, 2007; Baker et al., 2008; Lefebvre and Merrigan, 2008; Cascio, 2009).”
Universal Child Care, Maternal Labor Supply, and Family Well‐Being (2008, positive): “The range in the corresponding Canadian studies is 0.156 to 0.388 (Cleveland et al.1996; Powell 1997; Michalopoulos and Robins 2000; Lefebvre and Merrigan 2008).”
Children and the Remaining Gender Gaps in the Labor Market (2020, positive): “These studies find that the “$5 per Day Childcare” significantly increased maternal labor supply, with the labor force participation of mothers rising by almost 8 percentage points (Baker et al., 2008; Lefebvre and Merrigan, 2008).”