In New York, the cost of daycares and schools and childcare structures is so exorbitant that having a child has become a luxury.
"America at a steep price" (3/3). Childcare for young children can account for 30% to 40% of the budget of a New York family. To avoid paying several tens of thousands of dollars a year, most of them use public assistance that has been in place for only twelve years.
We haven't written up this one. Le Monde Economie has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.