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One of the primary motivations for public investment in early care and education is its potential to increase parental employment. Indeed, economic theory and empirical evidence suggest that such support can improve parental labor force participation rates, particularly by bringing more mothers into the workforce. This brief provides policymakers and researchers with new evidence from a study on the effects of child care subsidy policies in the United States on maternal labor force participation and employment. (author abstract)
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Fact Sheets & Briefs
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United States