Becoming a parent is a transformative experience, marked by hormonal changes and neuroplasticity as well as shifts in self-concept, social roles, and daily routines. Although the …
Early care and education in the United States is in crisis. The period between birth and kindergarten is a crucial time for a child's development. Yet vast racial, ethnic, and …
This paper uses IRS tax data to evaluate the short-and long-term effects of California's 2004 Paid Family Leave Act (PFLA) on women's careers. Our research design exploits the …
We study how fathers' access to workplace flexibility affects maternal postpartum health. We use variation from a Swedish reform that granted new fathers more flexibility to take …
Americans do not always fully utilize available parental leave policies due (in part) to fear of a commitment penalty–where taking leave (or taking longer periods of leave) lowers …
SH Bana, K Bedard… - Journal of Policy Analysis …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We use 10 years of California administrative data with a regression kink design to estimate the causal impacts of benefits in the first state‐level paid family leave program for women …
T Liu, CA Makridis, P Ouimet… - The Review of Financial …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Why do firms offer nonwage compensation instead of the equivalent amount in financial compensation? We argue that firms use nonwage benefits, specifically female-friendly …
AB Stanczyk - Social Service Review, 2019 - journals.uchicago.edu
Many policy makers, scholars, and advocates expect that paid family leave programs will improve household economic security in the period following a birth. Yet empirical evidence …
K Regmi, L Wang - Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population …, 2023 - Springer
Supporting working mothers to balance their work and childcare responsibilities is a central objective of maternal and parental leave policies. Nearly all countries offer some forms of …