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How did CCEE workforce member wages and benefits change during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Description

Answering this question can provide information on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on CCEE workforce member wages and benefits. This question can be answered with practitioner level information. Further analysis can be conducted by linking practitioner level information to program site level information to analyze changes in wages in benefits by site characteristics such as early childhood program setting.

General Analysis Recommendation

Critical to this question is determining a date span for a time period of interest during the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, March 11th, 2020, could be used as the start date, as this is when the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic[1]. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency declaration on May 11th, 2023[2]. One option is to use this date to mark the end of the pandemic. Other options could include using the dates when a state implemented lock downs or quarantines for infected individuals and when quarantine or mask mandates were lifted or other relevant policies were enacted in the state.

Identify CCEE Workforce Members Employed Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Use the Employment Start Date and Employment End Date data elements to identify workforce members who were employed during the predetermined timeframe of interest.

Average and Compare the Hourly Wages for all CCEE Workforce Members in the Data Set

Obtain values for the Hourly Wage data element reported on the most recent date before the state determined beginning date of the pandemic. Compare the average of Hourly Wage for all CCEE workforce members reported prior the start of the pandemic to those reported most recently to identify any changes in wages during that time.

Identify and Compare Employee Benefits for CCEE Workforce Members

There are multiple ways to analyze benefit data. One method could be to give all fields in the Full-Time Employee Benefits data element a numeric value of “1” if the response is “Yes” and calculate the number of total benefits before and after the pandemic. Another method is to focus on specific benefits, such as “Paid Leave” or “Insurance”. Count the Practitioner ID of workforce members that have these benefits now and did not have them before the pandemic by filtering the data to show the number of CCEE workforce members with pre-pandemic “Paid Leave” and “Insurance” values of “No” and the number of CCEE workforce members with post-pandemic “Paid Leave” and “Insurance” values of “Yes”.

[1] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC Museum COVID-19 Timeline (March 2023)
[2] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. End of the Federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) Declaration. (September 2023)

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