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Childcare costs are still pretty high

Childcare costs are still pretty high

Daily Data: Some parents pay more, and others just quit

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Moses Sternstein
Feb 27, 2024
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In today’s dispatch:

  • childcare costs have grown more than inflation (and are still growing)

  • data suggests that some parents are quitting their jobs, rather than pay for childcare;

  • it’s not the parents you might think, unless you remember your Random Walks of yore.

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