Why Did Employment and Earnings Rise among Lone Mothers in Canada during the 1980s and 1990s

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ID11969182
AuthorsJohn Myles (University of Toronto and Statistics Canada, corresponding author), Feng Hou (0000-0002-4394-2167, Statistics Canada, Ottawa), Garnett Picot (0000-0003-3369-8727, Statistics Canada, Ottawa), Karen Myers (0009-0000-5690-5026, University of Toronto)
Year2007
Volume33
Issue2
Pages147-172
Publication date2007-06-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Public Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0317-0861 • E-ISSN: 1911-9917
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/cpp.33.2.147
OpenAlexW2150137566
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited16

Employment rates and earnings among Canadian lone mothers have improved significantly since 1980. Using microdata from the Census of Canada, we show that these changes were mainly the result of two major demographic developments: the postwar revolution in women's educational attainment, and the aging of the "baby boom" which amplified the effect of rising levels of educational attainment. Most of these gains, moreover, went to older lone mothers. While changes in the social policy environment were undoubtedly a contributing factor, their potential explanatory contribution is comparatively modest relative to these large demographic shifts. Since the demographic drivers underlying these gains are now nearing maturity, future gains from this source are likely to be modest by comparison

Baby boom · Census · Demographic economics · Earnings · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Labour economics · Microdata (statistics · Population · Sociology · demographic modeling and climate adaptation · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Retirement, Disability, and Employment

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