Top White House economic officials are considering a renewed push for policies aimed at luring more Americans back to work
WASHINGTON—Top White House economic officials are considering a renewed push for a suite of policies aimed at luring, including enhanced child- care and eldercare benefits, as they hammer out priorities for the coming year.
The White House has previously pushed for paid family leave, universal prekindergarten and permanent expansion of the Child Tax Credit as part of its Build Back Better agenda, which stalled after it was opposed by Republicans. Elements of it were resisted by, including Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia. Smaller chunks of the agenda passed, though the pieces aimed at easing costs for child care and eldercare were omitted.
“I’ve never seen this extent of labor shortages ever in my lifetime,” said Harry Holzer, a former chief economist for the Labor Department who is now a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. The Biden administration is “taking the broader view of ‘let’s get more people into the labor market,’ and the place where America has been lacking is younger women.”The latest economic news, analysis and data curated weekdays by WSJ's Jeffrey Sparshott.
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