Publications by Elise Gould
Financing Early Educator Quality: A Values-Based Budget for Every State
January 15, 2020 • Report • By Elise Gould, Marcy Whitebook, Zane Mokhiber and Lea J.E. Austin
State-by-state cost estimates that include data on the poverty rate of early educators for every state
Who’s Paying Now? The Explicit and Implicit Costs of the Current Early Care and Education System
January 15, 2020 • Report • By Elise Gould and Hunter Blair
The economic costs and estimates of forgone income and tax revenues prior to the pandemic, which illustrate the economic costs when quality child care is not readily available to working families
July 23, 2019 • Report • By Elise Gould, Marcy Whitebook, Zane Mokhiber and Lea J.E. Austin
This report was produced in collaboration with the Economic Policy Institute. What this report finds California’s child early care and education (ECE) system is underfunded, and California…
What does good child care reform look like?
March 29, 2017 • Report • By Elise Gould, Lea J.E. Austin and Marcy Whitebook
This report was produced in collaboration with the Economic Policy Institute. Child care reform occupies an increasingly prominent role in U.S. policy debates. There is widespread concern…