Why Are Women Working So Much More in Canada? An International Perspective
IMF Working Papers, April 1, 2006
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- Authors: Evridiki Tsounta
- Published: April 1, 2006
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451863529.001
Summary and principal finding
- 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, the author finds 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.
Methodology and data
- Data: annual panel data for 10 large industrial countries.
- Period covered: 1980-2001.
- Focus: evaluation of tax and benefit system reforms in Canada in the mid-1990s and their impact on female labor participation.
Key quantitative results and measurements
- Time window of impact assessed: 1995-2001.
- Contribution of mid-1990s Canadian tax and benefit reforms to the observed increase in female participation: at least one-third.
- Pages: 37.
- Volume: 2006.
- Issue: 092.
- Series: Working Paper No. 2006/092.
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451863529.001
- Stock No: WPIEA2006092
- ISBN: 9781451863529
- ISSN: 1018-5941
Policy implications and recommendations
- Reforms in tax and benefit systems that make policies more "family-friendly" can have significant effects on female labor participation.
- Policy initiatives similar to those introduced in Canada could be used by other countries to boost female participation and to help address challenges associated with population aging.
Metadata and authorship
- Author: Evridiki Tsounta
- Date: April 1, 2006
- Subject: Labor, Labor force participation, Labor markets, Tax wedge, Women
- Keywords: childcare benefit, Select OECD country, tax, WP
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Evridiki Tsounta. "Why Are Women Working So Much More in Canada? An International Perspective", IMF Working Papers 2006, 092 (2006), DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451863529.001.