Caregiving and Families
Recognizing the invaluable contribution of unpaid care work, we strive to create policies that support and uplift caregivers by analyzing the need for accessible and high-quality child care, elder care, paid sick and family leave, flexible work schedules, and cash transfers for mothers and families.
Coronavirus forces rethinking of safety net for working women
The coronavirus pandemic has been devastating for working women, but one prominent women's policy expert says it could provide a new opportunity to create the kinds of social supports they should have had all along. Driving the news: In an interview with "Axios on HBO," Nicole [...]
Closing University Child Care Centers Hurts Both Student Parents and Future Educators
by Autumn Green and Wendy Wagner Robeson Yet, according to researchers at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, the number of campus child care centers in the United States declined between 2003 and 2015: public four-year institutions offering on-campus child care dropped from 55 to [...]
Here’s how much school closures will cost parents in lost wages, reduce GDP — and negatively impact the nation’s education system
The American public-school system is already largely segregated by race, class and outcomes, and expert say that trend is likely to get worse. By Jillian Berman Research also suggests that mothers aren’t just reducing their hours, they’re leaving their jobs to cope. Among women who [...]
Child care costs could be a major issue in the presidential campaign
By: Jasmine Garsd Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, announced a plan to invest $775 billion over 10 years in child care and elder care. In 2017, under the Trump administration, the child care tax credit was doubled to as much as $2,000 per [...]
