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Why are women working so much more in Canada? : an international perspective /
This paper analyzes the role of the tax and benefit system in spurring the impressive increase in Canadian female labor participation in the last decade. Using annual panel data for 10 large industrial countries over the period 1980-2001, I find that reforms in the Canadian tax and benefit system in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Washington, D.C.] :
International Monetary Fund,
©2006.
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| Colección: | IMF working paper ;
WP/06/92. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This paper analyzes the role of the tax and benefit system in spurring the impressive increase in Canadian female labor participation in the last decade. Using annual panel data for 10 large industrial countries over the period 1980-2001, I find that reforms in the Canadian tax and benefit system in the mid-1990s account for at least one-third of the observed increase in female participation in the period 1995-2001. The analysis indicates that policy initiatives similar to the "family-friendly" policies introduced in Canada could boost female participation in other countries and help policymakers meet the challenges of population aging |
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| Notas: | Cover title. "April 2006." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (37 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 22-26). |
| ISBN: | 1283513854 9781283513852 9781451908879 1451908873 9781451863529 1451863527 |
| ISSN: | 2227-8885 ; |