Why moms are leaving their paid jobs
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Why moms are leaving their paid jobs
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Moms are quitting — or getting pushed out. Workforce participation for mothers in the U.S. has been dropping for most of this year, and the reasons are more complicated than return-to-office mandates. Today on the show, we talk to moms about why they left their jobs and to economist Misty Heggeness, who has studied the phenomenon.
Find more of Misty’s research here.
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