Paying the price: constrained choice and the consumption of unregulated child care in Alberta

Colen, Kerryn; Breitkreuz, Rhonda

doi:10.1080/13668803.2019.1584088

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“…Albertan women were only slightly less economically active than women in the other three provinces after 2012. The low take-up of maternity benefits in Alberta may indicate the possibility that a large proportion of mothers in the province withdraw from the labour market to perform caregiving activities, thus making it difficult for them to qualify for maternity benefits thereafter (Colen and Breitkreuz 2019). Despite having the highest rates of economic activity among men aged 25-44 (figure 7) throughout all three periods, Alberta is characterised by the lowest take-up of parental benefits among new fathers.…”

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Parental Leave and Intra-Regime Differences in a Liberal Country: the Case of Four Canadian Provinces

Mathieu¹,

Doucet²,

McKay³

2020

Can. J. Soc.

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This paper compares access to parental leave benefits in the four largest Canadian provinces –Québec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia between 2000 and 2016, using quantitative data from the Employment Insurance Coverage Survey. We show that inequalities in the receipt of benefits mirror and reinforce the structure of income and gender inequalities. We argue that Alberta and Québec represent two regimes of parental benefits. In Alberta the take-up of parental benefits is low, and is closely related to income and gender. Conversely, the vast majority of mothers and fathers have access to parental benefits in Québec. We argue that Alberta is closer to a liberal regime of parental benefits, while Québec is closer to a social-democratic model.

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Parental Leave and Intra-Regime Differences in a Liberal Country: the Case of Four Canadian Provinces

Mathieu¹,

Doucet²,

McKay³

2020

Can. J. Soc.

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Child, Parent and Worker Vulnerabilities in Unregulated Childcare

Goodall

Cook

Breitkreuz

2020

Social Policy and Society

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In this article, we seek to develop a framework of childcare vulnerabilities experienced by children, parents and providers engaged in the formal, unregulated childcare market. Informed by vulnerability theorists who examine care work within the context of dependency and power relations, we explore the extent to which notions of vulnerability have been considered in childcare research. Five types of vulnerability from the literature – physical, emotional, economic, legal and racial – are mapped onto the experiences of children, parents and providers. We conceptualise an understanding of vulnerability as it relates to unregulated childcare, showing how vulnerability in this sector is compound, interrelated and structural, creating specific challenges.

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Paying the price: constrained choice and the consumption of unregulated child care in Alberta

Cited by 2 publications

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Parental Leave and Intra-Regime Differences in a Liberal Country: the Case of Four Canadian Provinces

Parental Leave and Intra-Regime Differences in a Liberal Country: the Case of Four Canadian Provinces

Child, Parent and Worker Vulnerabilities in Unregulated Childcare

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