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Will Trump give working families a break?

  • Written by Cheryl Carleton, Assistant Professor of Economics, Villanova University
imageFamilies benefit when fathers and mothers get paid parental leave.popofatticus/flickr, CC BY-SA

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen recently summed up the economic benefits of widespread child care and paid family leave. Since 1979, she explained in a speech at Brown University, women have brought about most gains in real household income. Making...

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