Working women

For a lot of families, the cost of child care is a huge reason why inflation is still so painful. For years, the rise in child care and preschool prices has outpaced inflation overall. The latest Consumer Price Index showed the cost of child care increased 0.6% last month alone.

Months after completing a semiconductor technician training course, two workers share their stories.

Claudia Goldin, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in economics, discusses the impact of care responsibilities disproportionately falling on women.

The growth was largely driven by working mothers. Flexible and remote jobs help, but the expiration of child care relief funds may hurt.