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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.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 12507
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Education: Government Policy
- Subject
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kindergarten
early education
maternal labour supply
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Dhuey, Elizabeth
Lamontagne, Jessie
Zhang, Tingting
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
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Bonn
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2019
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Dhuey, Elizabeth
- Lamontagne, Jessie
- Zhang, Tingting
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2019