Tess Finnegan poses with her children in Washington, DC. The US economy is nearing full employment, with its jobless rate the lowest in almost 20 years, but women in the workforce don’t fully benefit. Due to the lack of widely available and affordable child care and pre-school programmes, as well as the lack of paid parental leave, many women fall out of the labour market when they have children.
Tess Finnegan poses with her children in Washington, DC. The US economy is nearing full employment, with its jobless rate the lowest in almost 20 years, but women in the workforce don’t fully benefit. Due to the lack of widely available and affordable child care and pre-school programmes, as well as the lack of paid parental leave, many women fall out of the labour market when they have children.