{"id":174,"date":"2009-04-29T13:16:27","date_gmt":"2009-04-29T20:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aupairinamerica.wordpress.com\/?p=174"},"modified":"2009-04-29T13:16:27","modified_gmt":"2009-04-29T20:16:27","slug":"au-pair-in-america-featured-in-wall-street-journal-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2009\/04\/29\/au-pair-in-america-featured-in-wall-street-journal-article\/","title":{"rendered":"Au Pair in America featured in Wall Street Journal Article"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In today&#8217;s Wall Street Journal there is a great article about Au Pair in America.\u00a0 It discusses the increase in Western European au pairs in the past year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB124096715312966487.html\">Origins of Au Pairs Becomes Barometer in Labor Market<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;As job opportunities shrink in Europe, the minimum $132.64 per week, plus room, board and tuition reimbursement that the au pair program guarantees looks increasingly appealing. A desire for adventure and what some call the &#8220;Obama factor&#8221; also is a lure for young Europeans, says Ms. Ferry. In March, nearly half of all of Au Pair in America&#8217;s applications came from Western Europe, compared with about a third in the same period last year.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/s.wsj.net\/public\/resources\/images\/NA-AX374_NANNY_D_20090428162302.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"174\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The British au pair and her host family featured in the article are in a nearby cluster in Northern VA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today&#8217;s Wall Street Journal there is a great article about Au Pair in America.\u00a0 It discusses the increase in Western European au pairs in the past year. <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB124096715312966487.html\">Origins of Au Pairs Becomes Barometer in Labor Market<\/a> &#8220;As job opportunities shrink in Europe, the minimum $132.64 per week, plus room, board and tuition reimbursement  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2009\/04\/29\/au-pair-in-america-featured-in-wall-street-journal-article\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[78,1039,83,1040,194,239,258,320,668],"class_list":["post-174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-au-pair-in-america","tag-au-pair-tips","tag-aupair","tag-child-care","tag-childcare","tag-cost","tag-culture","tag-economy","tag-parent"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Au Pair in America featured in Wall Street Journal Article - Au Pair Chatter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Au Pair in America featured in Wall Street Journal Article - Au Pair Chatter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In today&#8217;s Wall Street Journal there is a great article about Au Pair in America.\u00a0 It discusses the increase in Western European au pairs in the past year. 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