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If a parent exits the workforce, and this happens at scale, wouldn’t it reduce the supply of labor and therefore increase salaries? Just a tenuous hypothesis

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A parent doesn't exit the workforce, they just work as a parent.

They stop competing for other jobs, increasing demand and pushing down salaries.

They compete with childcare jobs and housekeeping jobs.

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