Dr. Beth Dhuey:

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into stark relief the gender inequities facing women in the workforce. Though women were already statistically far more likely than men to forego job advancement opportunities in order to attend to child rearing or other familial...

The benefits of high-quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) for children, such as increased cognitive and social-emotional development, are well-known and documented.  However, ECEC also provides economic benefits for caregivers and society by supporting...

We examine the effects of offering full-day kindergarten as a replacement for half-day kindergarten on mothers’ labor supply using the rollout of full-day kindergarten in Ontario, Canada

Full-day kindergarten programs are expanding across North America, driven by a policy focus on early childhood development. These programs also affect parents’ budget sets and may lead to changes in labour market outcomes.