Lecture 10

• Changes to Women and Work

  nature, role, play, acceptability, opportunities and barriers. WW1 women sent to do work then sent back home, changes in the economic system sent them back to work
• Womens Labour Market Participation pattern

  women as extra function of labour. When theres a problem... throw women at it
• Social Policy Problems

  economic changes, will to work, attitudes, demands of society, sexism, home experiences, barriers
• Social policy Responses

  income supports, programs that provide support for women and labour market participation, regulations and laws that prevent discrimination and unemployment
• Women in Labour Market

  participation increased, higher work burdens, less likely for promotion, get paid less for same work as men
• Intersectionality

  First step in understanding barriers and experiences. Involves recognizing multiple forms of oppression, responses to feminism, differential experiences and needs of women
• Quebec's Child Care Program

  heavily subsidized, lowest fees in the country, addition of private child care centres
• Family Allowance Act

  universal, tax-free benefit, residual approach
• Wage-setting policies

  expanding choices to low-income mothers, higher minimum wages to narrow wage gap
• Canada Child Benefit


  income transfer, low-middle income, simple, must file income taxes
• Income Splitting

  tax break, recessive, no benefit for low-income families
• Canada Child Tax Benefit

  non-taxable, income-tested, paid monthly
• National Child Benefit Supplement

  for low-income families