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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This whole obsession with verifiable, scientific data is sort of ridiculous. Parents don't need that. They ask their friends and neighbors, they google salary surveys, they come here...all sources that give them ranges for the average rate in their area. That is plenty of info to help them price their job. If they meet a nanny who wants more, they can decide to negotiate or move on to a new candidate. That's it.

Some so called verifiable data isn't going to require parents to pay a certain rate. It also won't, and shouldn't, change the present system. Market rates reflect the basic economic concept of supply and demand. Where there are few nannies, it is harder to employ one and you pay more. Where there are many nannies, including ones willing to work for very low wages or be paid under the table, nannies are easier to employ at a lower average rate. These are simple concepts.

Some government agencies do collect rate data, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for one. If they pull this data from IRS data, that's about the closest you'll get to "verifiable". Of course, people can lie on their taxes. Also,this data still won't account for the people being paid under the table, whose presence in the employment market increases competition for nannies and drive down rates.

It's time to let go of this obsession with "verifiable" rate data. It's a meaningless and useless question.

If nannies want to raise market rates, energy should be spent encouraging nannies to refuse to work under the table and agree to low rates. The same lobbying should be directed to parents to pay legal wages on the books.[/quote]

Bottom line is that most parents wanting cheap sitting, simply can't afford nanny rates. Therefore most of it will stay off the books, until the government starts going after the employers who are funding this underground economy.

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