Access to affordable child care impacts women’s lifetime economic security

In a recently released report, CPSP and the National Women’s Law Center demonstrate how investing in child care is an investment in women’s lifetime economic security. Robert Paul Hartley, Columbia School of Social Work faculty affiliate of CPSP, provides evidence that investing in high-quality and affordable child care support for families could increase women’s lifetime earnings and retirement savings (on average close to $100,000 for a mother of two children) and help to reduce the gender inequity in earnings.