The Tight Labor Market and the Baby Boom

Matt Welch: Tight labor markets can create a lot of opportunities for people who might be overlooked otherwise. In the case of young mothers, it's tough to separate it from the fact that there's also a new early learning and childcare deal that's already led to a lot of cost savings," he says. Welch: I don't think companies are certainly lying about this. They just want so many more people in such a short period of time that to them, it's a shortage.