Jul 16, 2019 | Journal Article
Using data from the 1996 Public Use Microdata File (PUMF) on individuals, this paper examines labour force activity of women in Canada, focusing on the effects of familial status and household structure to determine whether these factors have similar elasticities...
Jul 16, 2019 | Journal Article
Why do Canadian mothers have lower incomes than women who have never had children? Microdata from the 1995 GSS allow examination of two hypotheses: 1. mothers have spent more time out of the labour force, thus acquiring less human capital; 2. higher levels of unpaid...
