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“If you want to help workers, help them care for their kids.” New Tobin Center supported research out today in the National Bureau of Economic Research shows child care spending as one of the most effective, pro-work policies ever evaluated in the United States. Using tax data and other administrative records, the authors—John Eric Humphries, Christopher Neilson, Xiaoyang Ye, and Seth Zimmerman—found that every dollar spent on a program providing free, full-time day care for preschoolers generated $6 in economic benefits. Read Catherine Rampell's coverage of the study in The Washington Post: https://lnkd.in/e9DWwVBr
