Jobs Lost and the Child Care Conundrum

The Pie: An Economics Podcast - A podcast by Becker Friedman Institute at UChicago - Tuesdays

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Since March, 22% of American workers lost their jobs. How can we begin to think about such an unprecedented deterioration in the labor market? Erik Hurst has studied who exactly has stopped collecting a paycheck and gives context to the staggering numbers. Then, Joseph Vavra shares his research on one of the most critical hurdles for parents to get back to work – childcare.