Well-designed paid sick leave is critical to ensure workers stay home when sick to prevent
the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and other infectious pathogens, both when the economy is open …

In the United States, women spend considerably more time than men over their lifetime
doing unpaid household and care work. The unequal distribution of this work work that is …

Access to paid sick days (PSD) differs by workplace size, race/ethnicity, gender, and income
in the United States. It is not known to what extent decisions to stay home from work when …

The COVID-19 pandemic has focused public and policy attention on the acute lack of paid
sick leave for service-sector workers in the United States. The lack of paid sick leave is …

Introduction Staying home when sick can reduce the spread of influenza. The objectives of
this study were to quantify the percentage of workers who had paid sick leave (PSL) …

The United states stands apart as particularly weak on policies to address work–family
conflict (see Heymann, 2000; Waldfogel, 2001; Gornick and meyers, 2003; Ray et al., 2008) …

This paper examines how missed income due to illness impacts household fragility.
Specifically, it shows that paid sick leave laws, which provide households insurance against …

Abstract Context The United States (US) is the only developed country that does not
guarantee short-term or longer-term paid sick leave. Objective This study used a multiyear …

All children, even the healthiest, have preventive and acute health care needs. Moreover, a
growing number of children are chronically ill, with preventive, acute, and ongoing care …

Background Despite no demonstrated survival advantage for women at average risk of
breast cancer, rates of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) continue to increase …