The impacts of paid family and medical leave on worker health, family well-being, and employer outcomes
This article reviews the evidence on the impacts of paid family and medical leave (PFML)
policies on workers' health, family well-being, and employer outcomes. While an extensive …
policies on workers' health, family well-being, and employer outcomes. While an extensive …
Do family policies reduce gender inequality? Evidence from 60 years of policy experimentation
Do family policies reduce gender inequality in the labor market? We contribute to this debate
by investigating the joint impact of parental leave and childcare, using administrative data …
by investigating the joint impact of parental leave and childcare, using administrative data …
His and her earnings following parenthood in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom
This article advances a couple-level framework to examine how parenthood shapes within-
family gender inequality by education in three countries that vary in their normative and …
family gender inequality by education in three countries that vary in their normative and …
Gendered laws and women in the workforce
This paper offers for the first time a global picture of gender discrimination by the law as it
affects women's economic opportunity and charts the evolution of legal inequalities over five …
affects women's economic opportunity and charts the evolution of legal inequalities over five …
Employer responses to family leave programs
Search frictions make worker turnover costly to firms. A three-month parental leave
expansion in Sweden provides exogenous variation that we use to quantify firms' adjustment …
expansion in Sweden provides exogenous variation that we use to quantify firms' adjustment …
Maternity leave and paternity leave: Evidence on the economic impact of legislative changes in high income countries
Labor market policies for expecting and new mothers emerged at the turn of the nineteenth
century. The main motivation for these policies was to ensure the health of mothers and their …
century. The main motivation for these policies was to ensure the health of mothers and their …
Families, labor markets, and policy
Using comparable data for 24 countries since the 1970s, we document gender convergence
in schooling, employment and earnings, marriage delay, and the accompanying decline in …
in schooling, employment and earnings, marriage delay, and the accompanying decline in …
Paid family leave: an upstream intervention to prevent family violence
LR Bullinger, B Klika, M Feely, D Ford, M Merrick… - Journal of family …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Family violence imposes tremendous costs on victims and society. Rarely are
policies focused on the primary prevention of family violence. Given the prevalence of family …
policies focused on the primary prevention of family violence. Given the prevalence of family …
The role of paid family leave in labor supply responses to a spouse's disability or health shock
Disability onset and major health shocks can affect the labor supply of those experiencing
the event and their family members, who face a tradeoff between time spent earning income …
the event and their family members, who face a tradeoff between time spent earning income …
Quasi‐experimental evidence on the employment effects of the 2021 fully refundable monthly child tax credit
In this paper, we estimate the impact on employment of the 2021 Child Tax Credit (CTC)
expansion, which increased the size of the benefit, made it fully refundable, and allowed for …
expansion, which increased the size of the benefit, made it fully refundable, and allowed for …