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Early Care and Education

McLean, C., et al. (2024).
Early Childhood Workforce Index – 2024
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California, Berkeley.

McLean, C., et al. (2021).
Early Childhood Workforce Index – 2020
Berkeley, CA: Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California, Berkeley.

McLean, C., Whitebook, M, Roh, E. (2019).
From Unlivable Wages to Just Pay for Early Educators
Berkeley, CA: Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California, Berkeley.

McLean, C., Dichter, H., & Whitebook, M. (2017).
Strategies in Pursuit of Pre-K Teacher Compensation Parity: Lessons From Seven States and Cities
Berkeley, CA: Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California, Berkeley and New Brunswick, NJ: the National Institute for Early Education Research.
Basic Income

McLean, C. (2016)
“… and justice for all?: Basic Income and the Principles of Gender Equity.”
Juncture, 22(4), pp.284–288.

McLean, C. (2016)
“Debating a Citizen’s Basic Income: An International and Cross-Disciplinary Perspective.”
In J. Campbell and M. Gillespie (eds.) Feminist Economics and Public Policy. Abingdon: Routledge.
Commentary
McLean, C. Increased Compensation for Early Educators: It’s Not Just “Nice to Have” — It’s a Must-Have. Center for the Study of Child Care Employment. February 11, 2020.
McLean, C. and Loewenberg, A. “Closing the Gap Between Science and Policy on What Early Educators Must Know and Do.” New America – EdCentral. September 16, 2016.
McLean, C. “Promising more free nursery care is one thing, delivering it is quite another.” The Conversation. May 1, 2015.
To see a more comprehensive list of my academic writing, check out my author page at the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment or my Google scholar page.
