Child benefits, maternal employment, and children's health: Evidence from Canadian child benefit expansions

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-132

  Milligan, Kevin ^a   Stabile, Mark ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MANITOBA; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TAX;

CANADA; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MANITOBA; MOTHERS; PARENTING; SOCIAL WELFARE; TAXES; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 73849123852     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.2.128     Document Type: Conference Paper

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