Owen Chauchet
Appearances
NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-24-2024 9PM EST
Through a tax hike on the wealthy, the District of Columbia has been supplementing the wages of early childhood educators. On average, childcare teachers got a pay raise of $10,000 last year. And that's not all. Owen Chauchet, a researcher at Mathematica, found the program led to a nearly 7% increase in childcare employment. More teachers mean... More slots.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 11-24-2024 9PM EST
And the quality of care has improved as turnover has fallen and experienced teachers have stayed on the job.
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NPR News: 11-24-2024 9PM EST
Chauchet acknowledges the cost of the program is high at $54 million last year, but working with an economist, he found the return on investment was also high at 23%. Andrea Hsu in PR News.