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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tsounta, Evridiki (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: International Monetary Fund
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2006.
Colección:IMF working paper ; WP/06/92.
Temas:
Women > Employment > Canada.
Femmes > Travail > Canada.
Impôt > Canada.
Women > Employment
Breadwinner model.
Canada.
Child care.
Day care.
Early childhood education.
Economics.
Economy.
Employment.
Gender pay gap.
Kindergarten.
Canada
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • I. INTRODUCTION
  • II. LITERATURE
  • III. THE CANADIAN TAX AND BENEFIT SYSTEM IN THE 1990S
  • IV. ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
  • V. RESULTS
  • VI. CONCLUSION AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS
  • REFERENCES

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