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The lack of daycare is indeed something that comes up on the regular. I had assumed this was an expense issue (daycare is typically expensive just about everywh
by elric 2y ago
The lack of daycare is indeed something that comes up on the regular. I had assumed this was an expense issue (daycare is typically expensive just about everywhere unless heavily subsidized). But maybe it's a supply issue instead? Is there some kind of stigma against running a daycare? Seems like a relatively easy (and probably effective!) thing for the government to encourage.
- kalleboo 2y agoShinzo Abe (RIP) implemented a bunch of daycare reforms as part of his "three arrows" campaign. These included massively reducing the cost as well as increasing investment into availability. In just a few years it went from being so expensive it was not worth the mother working a part time job because that money would completely go to daycare to being 100% free until the kid turns 4. Availability also went from long waiting lists in most cities to now only having waiting lists in a small handful of districts (mostly in dense areas of Tokyo where just finding the room to build them is hard but also in my rural area where the salaries were so low all the daycare workers moved to higher salary areas and hiring was impossible). So while it's not perfect it has gotten much much better in a relatively short time.