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Which evidence? In Quebec/Canada, when state-spondored affordable daycare was introduced, it made a notable difference both for the number of women in the work
by mgbmtl 5y ago
Which evidence?
In Quebec/Canada, when state-spondored affordable daycare was introduced, it made a notable difference both for the number of women in the workforce, and also an increase in childbirth.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/daycare-difference-quebec-fertility-rate-outpacing-ontario-s-1.4018340 https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/daycare-difference-queb...
Far from perfect, it was defunded in recent years, and it again made the birthrate and workforce go down. As a parent, I can anecdotally say that this system, when it worked, made a huge difference for our family.
- sudosysgen 5y agoAs someone who grew up thanks to this system, it did tremendous good to our family.
- Zpalmtree 5y agowhy is throwing kids in daycare so parents can go slave for more money a good thing
- bradleyjg 5y agoI didn’t read the underlying study but based on the summary it looks like there was a statistically significant difference in overall fertility. It still never came close to replacement rate and tells us nothing about the sign on the correlation between a woman’s educational and career achievements and her fertility. There’s arguments on all sides about whether sub replacement fertility among woman with successful white collar careers is or isn’t a problem. But what I haven’t seen is any country that’s managed to reverse it. So we don’t in fact know if it is possible.