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Our research on wage gaps for full-time working families covered in USA Today
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02.17.2026
Who Can Afford Child Care? A National and State Analysis of Affordability for Working Parents
For most families, child care is unaffordable—especially for low-income, Black, Hispanic and immigrant parents
02.05.2026
Exploring job burnout among family child care providers who participate in the child care subsidy system
An article in Early Childhood Research Quarterly, published in partnership with BU School of Social Work researchers
01.22.2026
Opposition to the proposed regulatory changes to the public charge rule
Our comment submitted to the Department of Homeland Security
05.22.2025
New estimates of child care affordability for working parents, nationally and by state, income and race/ethnicity
Full-time working parents need help to cover the costs of center- or home-based child care
04.23.2025
Using Evidence-Based Health Literacy Assessments to Improve State Paid Family and Medical Leave Program Websites
12.10.2024
Experiences of child care providers serving subsidy-receiving children involved in the child protective services system: Implications for equitable access
Our article in Early Childhood Research Quarterly
12.04.2024
Advancing research on equitable access to early care and education in the United States
Our Introduction to a special issue of Early Childhood Research Quarterly
04.17.2024
The Role of Government Transfers in the Child Poverty Gap by Race and Ethnicity
A focus on Black, Latino, and White children
01.30.2024
DDK researchers selected as Visiting Fellows at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Project will study increasing access to child care during nontraditional hours
12.13.2023
Improving federal data infrastructure to monitor equity in job quality and health