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Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-34).

Introduction -- Section 1: An Examination of the Literature Explaining Workforce Shortages -- Labour Market Imbalances -- Workforce Shortages -- Cyclical and Structural Shortages -- Is There a Workforce Shortage? -- Unemployment: ECEs and Assistants -- Employment: ECEs and Assistants -- Wages: ECEs and Assistants -- Section 2: Methodology for Estimating Workforce Shortages -- Estimates of Workforce Shortage Components -- Estimating Consistent Unemployment -- Estimating the Unqualified Unemployed -- Estimating Vacancies -- Extrapolating Vacancy Rates -- Workforce Shortage Estimates -- Hourly Workforce Shortage Estimates -- Section 3: Applying the economic benefits of ECEC from the Literature Review of Socioeconomic Effects and Net Benefits, to the workforce shortage estimates -- Hourly Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Education and Care -- Economic Costs of Workforce Shortages in Early Childhood Education and Care -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix I -- Appendix II.