Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/207333 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12507
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
kindergarten
early education
maternal labour supply
JEL: 
I28
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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