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Early educators and public school teachers: a comparison of labor market outcomes

Michael Evangelist, Catherine Tonsberg, Marybeth J. Mattingly, Sarah Savage, Sara Chaganti

In this article, we focus on the childcare sector from the worker’s perspective, analyzing prepandemic (2014–18) Current Population Survey data to compare privately employed early educators and public K–8 teachers with bachelor’s degrees along several dimensions of job quality.

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