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Canadian lone mother employment rates, policy change and the US welfare reform literature

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The article examines the rise in Canadian lone mother employment rates during the 1990s using data from the Canadian Labour Force Survey and methods borrowed from the United States welfare reform literature. Patterns of lone mother employment rate increases in Canada are found to be similar to those in the United States. Income support policies in both countries changed in similar directions and in both cases increased the incentive to work. Despite these parallel changes it appears that, unlike the United States, policy reforms account for only a small part of the rise in Canadian lone mother employment rates.

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  • Michael Shannon, 2009. "Canadian lone mother employment rates, policy change and the US welfare reform literature," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(19), pages 2463-2481.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:41:y:2009:i:19:p:2463-2481
    DOI: 10.1080/00036840802360294
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    1. Paul Gregg & Susan Harkness, 2003. "Welfare Reform and Lone Parents Employment in the UK," The Centre for Market and Public Organisation 03/072, The Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK.
    2. Kapsalis, Constantine, 1999. "Social Assistance and the Employment Rate of Lone Mothers: An Analysis of Ontario's Live Experiment," MPRA Paper 25951, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    2. Nathan Berg & Todd Gabel, 2013. "Effects of New Welfare Reform Strategies on Welfare Participation: Microdata Estimates from Canada," Working Papers 1304, University of Otago, Department of Economics, revised Feb 2013.
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