Family policies in Quebec and the rest of Canada: Implications for fertility, child-care, women's paid work, and child development indicators

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 221-239

  Beaujot, Roderic ^a   Du, Ching Jiangqin ^b   Ravanera, Zenaida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Child development; Child care; Family policy; Fertility; Work

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; COHABITATION; FAMILY STRUCTURE; FERTILITY; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL POLICY; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84880062209     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/CPP.39.2.221     Document Type: Article

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