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 <a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/books/swiftynomics/hardcover"target="_blank" >Misty Heggeness</a>, who has studied the phenomenon. Find more of Misty’s <a href="https://thecareboard.ku.edu/labor-force-participation-tracker-parents-children-under-5"target="_blank" >research here</a>. Related episodes:  <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/07/29/1197967900/how-insurance-is-affecting-the-cost-of-childcare"target="_blank" >How insurance is affecting the cost of childcare</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/06/09/1004892039/women-work-and-the-pandemic"target="_blank" >Women, work and the pandemic</a>  <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/06/30/1011968802/that-time-america-paid-for-universal-daycare"target="_blank" >That time America paid for universal daycare</a> For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at <a href="http://plus.npr.org/"target="_blank" >plus.npr.org</a>. Fact-checking by <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/1268825622/sierra-juarez"target="_blank" >Sierra Juarez</a>. Music by <a href="https://dropelectric.bandcamp.com/"target="_blank" >Drop Electric</a>. Find us: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@planetmoney"target="_blank" >TikTok</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/planetmoney/"target="_blank" >Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/planetmoney"target="_blank" >Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money"target="_blank" >Newsletter</a>.   Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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