FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Defining and Describing the Workforce -- 3 Economic Perspectives on the Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce -- 4 How the Workforce Affects Children -- 5 Building the Workforce and the Profession -- 6 Workshop Themes -- References -- Appendix A: Workshop Agenda and Participant List -- Appendix B: Commissioned Papers.