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The Impact of Full-Day Kindergarten on Maternal Labour Supply

We examine the impact of offering full-day as a replacement for half-day kindergarten on mothers' labour supply using the rollout of full-day kindergarten in Ontario, Canada. We find no impact on the extensive margin but do find one on the intensive margin. In particular, we find that access to full-day kindergarten increases weekly hours worked and decreases absenteeism for mothers of four-year-olds. We find that this effect is driven by specific sub-groups, namely non-immigrant mothers of only one child with low education levels who live in urban areas.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 12507

Classification
Wirtschaft
Education: Government Policy
Subject
kindergarten
early education
maternal labour supply

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Dhuey, Elizabeth
Lamontagne, Jessie
Zhang, Tingting
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2019

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Dhuey, Elizabeth
  • Lamontagne, Jessie
  • Zhang, Tingting
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2019

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