Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/207473 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12648
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Full-day kindergarten programs are expanding across North America, driven by a policy focus on early childhood development. These programs also affect parents' budget sets and may lead to changes in labour market outcomes. We exploit the unusual nature of Ontario's government school system to examine parents' labour supply response to a move from half-day to full-day kindergarten in Ontario's French – but not English – schools. We find no robust evidence of labour supply effects for fathers in two parent families, and only some limited and modest effects on mothers in two parent families. For single mothers, the point estimates suggest large and statistically significant effects on employment and hours of work, and in particular for working longer hours.
Subjects: 
kindergarten
early education
maternal labour supply
JEL: 
I28
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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