In a recent report published by the Cirano, Marie Connolly, Marie Mélanie Fontaine and Catherine Haeck examine the earning differentials between parents and individuals with no children in Canada using confidential microdata from the General Social Survey and the Longitudinal and International Study of Adults. Their analysis confirms that mothers earn less than women with no children but also shows that the “family gap” is generally lower for Quebec mothers than other Canadian mothers, and greater for mothers with less education and for single mothers. On the contrary, fathers enjoy a family bonus: their mean earnings is higher than that of men with no children. The study (in French) is available here.
Statistics Canada is soliciting contributed papers examining methodological issues related to the use of multiple sources of data, as part of its 2018 International Methodology Symposium, "Combine to Conquer: Innovations in the Use of Multiple Sources of Data," that will be held in Ottawa, next November. Interested researchers should submit a proposal by May 11, 2018. Selected contributors must submit the final version of their presentation by September 7, and the final paper by January 11, 2019.
