Modern Labour Economics

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Modern Labour Economics

• Chapter 7
• Labour Supply Household Production, the Family,
  and the Life Cycle

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Figure 7.1 The Production of Childcare
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Table 7.1 Average Daily Hours Spent in Work and
Leisure by Men and Women, by Age, Canada, 1998
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Figure 7.2 Large versus Small Substitution
Effects Attendant to a Wage Increase
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Figure 7.3 Home versus Market Productivities
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Figure 7.4 Household Productivity Can Change
over the Life Cycle
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Figure 7.5 Life-Cycle Allocation of Time
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Figure 7.6 Labour Supply and Fixed Childcare
Costs A Parent Initially Out of the Labour Force
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Figure 7.7 Labour Supply and Fixed Childcare
Costs A Parent Initially Working for Pay
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Figure 7.8 Budget Constraints Facing a Single
Parent Before and After Child Support Assurance
Program Adopted
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Figure 7.9 A Single Parent Who Joins the Labour
Force After Child Support Assurance Program
Adopted