Plausibly Exogenous [1795] - Child Care (01/01/2025)

LHS Variable
Female labor supply

RHS Variable
Child‐Care Policy

Source of Exogenous Variation
In 1997, the provincial government of Québec, the second most populous province in Canada, initiated a new child‐care policy. Licensed child‐care service providers began offering day‐care spaces at the reduced fee of $5.00 per day per child for children aged 4.

- Lefebvre and Merrigan (2008), “Child-care policy and the labor supply of mothers with young children: A natural experiment from Canada”