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July 2, 2024

Published by Elaine Schwartz at July 2, 2024

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Where Supply and Demand Won’t Work

More of the mothers that work outside the home need childcare and many lower income women are hired by them. But even with steady demand and […]

July 29, 2021

Weekly Economic News Roundup and hard and soft infrastructure

Published by Elaine Schwartz at July 29, 2021

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How to Look at Infrastructure

To see the need for hard and soft infrastructure, we can look back at the catastrophic Donner Party and ahead to contemporary legislation.

April 18, 2021

Published by Elaine Schwartz at April 18, 2021

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Six Facts: Where the Gender Gap Has Grown

While we know that the pandemic gender gap grew, we need to look more closely at mothers to see who, how, why, and where.

September 7, 2020

Published by Elaine Schwartz at September 7, 2020

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A Labor Day Look at Our Time Squeeze

On this Labor Day, we can explain the "middle-class time squeeze" by looking at how time/money tradeoffs changed a family's division of labor.

March 20, 2017

Published by Elaine Schwartz at March 20, 2017

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The Cost of Raising a Child

Including how much we spend on the tooth fairy, the cost of raising a child can simply be one total or it can involve different specific expenditures.