@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp8190,
            	author={Fakih, Ali},
            	title={Availability of Family-Friendly Work Practices and Implicit Wage Costs: New Evidence from Canada},
            	year={2014},
	month={May},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={8190},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp8190},
	abstract={Using Canadian linked employer-employee data covering the period 1999-2005, I examine the determinants of the availability of family-friendly "care" practices and the impact of such practices on wages. The results show that the provision of family-friendly practices is not mainly derived from socio-demographic characteristics of workers but rather from job- and firm-related factors. The findings also reveal that there is a trade-off between the provision of family-friendly practices and earnings indicating the existence of an implicit market in which workers face reductions in their wages. This result supports the hypothesis that family-friendly benefits are to some extent conceived as a gift or a signal that employers care about employees' family responsibilities and, in return, employees are willing to “buy” these practices and thus accept a wage offset.},
	keywords={family-friendly "care" practices;linked employer-employee data;simultaneous probit model;wage equation},
            }