Income and the mental health of Canadian mothers: Evidence from the Universal Child Care Benefit

The Universal Child Care Benefit, introduced in 2006, was an income transfer for Canadian families with young children. I exploit this exogenous increase in income to answer the following questions: (1) Is there a relationship between income and mental health among Canadian mothers? (2) Is it corrob...

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Main Author: Angela Daley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
Series:SSM: Population Health
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235282731730112X