The tech industry is pushing women (and children!) into the tech field because it increases the supply of labour. An increase in the supply of labour, without a

The tech industry is pushing women (and children!) into the tech field because it increases the supply of labour. An increase in the supply of labour, without a corresponding increase in demand for labour, of course, leads to lower prices. In other words, it's an attempt to push down labour costs. Costs that are currently among some of the highest labour costs around. Teaching and nursing are already low paying, or unionized, and so there is no significant benefit to increasing the labour supply. At least not commensurable with the cost of pushing that message.