Washington, DC’s Pay Equity Fund Increased the Number of Child Care and Early Education Workers After Two Years
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Washington, DC Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund Impact and Cost Effectiveness Study
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Bezos Family Foundation
Klingenstein Philanthropies
DC Action
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Key Findings
- The PEF had a statistically significant positive impact on the number of child care and early education (CCEE) educators in Washington, DC.
- The PEF had no statistically significant impact on average weekly wages for CCEE educators.
- The PEF had a modest negative impact on the number of CCEE establishments, although this finding was not statistically significant.
This fact sheet presents findings on the two-year labor market impacts of the PEF, a pioneering Washington, DC initiative to address the pay gap between CCEE educators and K–12 teachers. Findings are based on comparisons of outcomes in Washington, DC and a “Synthetic” Washington, DC, which was constructed using a group of counties similar to Washington, DC prior to the launch of the program. Outcomes are from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, which provides counts of CCEE employees, average weekly wages, and establishments over time. This fact sheet is drawn from the study’s two-year impact report, which contains a more detailed presentation of these findings.
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