scholarly journals Paid Leave Pays Off: The Effects of Paid Family Leave on Firm Performance

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Bennett ◽  
Isil Erel ◽  
Léa Stern ◽  
Zexi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Family Leave ◽  
Paid Leave ◽  
Paid Family Leave

scholarly journals Paid Leave Pays Off: The Effects of Paid Family Leave on Firm Performance

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Bennett ◽  
Isil Erel ◽  
Lea Henny Stern ◽  
Zexi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Family Leave ◽  
Paid Leave ◽  
Paid Family Leave

Class Disparities, Market Fundamentalism, and Work–Family Policy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Milkman
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Family Policy ◽  
The State ◽  
Family Leave ◽  
Paid Leave ◽  
Class Differences ◽  
Paid Family Leave ◽  
Work Family

This chapter examines class disparities in existing access to work–family support in the context of market fundamentalism. It begins with a discussion of class disparities in time use and access to employer-provided benefits that facilitate work–family reconciliation, along with an overview of market fundamentalism and business objections to work–family policy. It then analyzes California's 2002 law that created a paid family leave program covering all private-sector employees in the state. It shows that advocates for paid leave built a broad coalition in support of the law and prevailed despite organized business' strong opposition to the measure. However, the longstanding class disparities in access to paid family leave were only partially alleviated. The chapter also highlights the importance of class differences among women in relation to paid family leave.

scholarly journals Effects of Paid Leave Policies on Working Caregivers' Labor Supply

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 30-31
Author(s):  
Soohyun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Labor Supply ◽  
Family Member ◽  
State Government ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Family Leave ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Paid Leave ◽  
Paid Family Leave ◽  
Leave Policy

Abstract Approximately two in three caregivers are in the labor force. However, paid family leave is the only policy support for working caregivers to date, which helps to balance their work and care responsibilities. I analyze the data from the 1998-2014 Health and Retirement Study to examine 1) how paid leave policies affect labor market outcomes for workers in need of caring for a spouse/partner or an older parent/-in-law and 2) how the effects differ by gender. Paid leave policy is distinguished between employer-provided leave and state government-provided leave. Using the first-difference approach, I compare the short-term and long-term changes in the extensive and intensive margins of labor with and without access to paid leave policies when a health deterioration of the older family member occurs. My preliminary results show that, without paid leave policy, the health event of a spouse/partner or an older parent/-in-law affects women’s labor supply but not men’s. Paid leave provided by an employer increases the labor supply for both women and men, with the more noticeable long-term effects for men. State paid family leave increases women’s wage and salary both in the short run and in the long run. My findings underline the importance of paid leave policy for retaining the workers in need of providing care for a family member, particularly for women.

scholarly journals The Experience of Working Family Caregivers: Implications for a National Paid Leave Policy

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 721-721
Author(s):  
Tiffany Washington ◽  
Lynn Friss Feinberg
Keyword(s):  
Family Caregivers ◽  
State Level ◽  
The United States ◽  
Advisory Council ◽  
Family Leave ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren ◽  
Paid Leave ◽  
Paid Family Leave ◽  
Leave Policy

Abstract Family caregivers provide the bulk of unpaid care to older adults. The typical family caregiver is a 49-year-old woman who works full time and simultaneously provides an average of 24 hours of care per week for an older relative. Unfortunately, their caregiving duties places them at risk for lost wages and termination due to frequent interruptions at work, especially in the absence of a national paid family leave policy. It is possible that such a policy could mitigate these risks; however, the United States is the only developed nation that lacks a national paid family leave policy for all workers. This symposium will highlight the psychosocial, economic, and health issues experienced by working caregivers, and conclude by linking presenters’ findings to implications for a national paid leave policy. To start, presenter one will describe findings from a scoping review on workplace experiences of female family caregivers. Next, presenter two will describe findings from a systematic review to explore predictors of the adoption and implementation of state-level paid family leave policies. Presenter three’s study examines interest in supportive services among working and non-working Black caregivers in the Deep South. Presenter four will describe factors associated with healthcare utilization of working caregivers using data from the Regional Healthcare Partnership – Region 17 Health Assessment Survey. The final presenter, HHS Advisory Council to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren co-chair, will describe development of policy initiatives to identify, coordinate, and promote information, resources, and best practices for working grandparents raising grandchildren.

scholarly journals Paid Maternal Leave is Associated with Infant Brain Function at 3-Months of Age

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie Hiromi Brito ◽  
Denise Werchan ◽  
Annie Brandes-Aitken ◽  
Hirokazu Yoshikawa ◽  
Ashley Greaves ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brain Function ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Maternal Mental Health ◽  
The United States ◽  
Family Characteristics ◽  
Family Leave ◽  
Postnatal Life ◽  
Paid Leave ◽  
Paid Family Leave ◽  
Infant Brain

The first few months of postnatal life are critical for establishing key neural connections that support the development of subsequent social, cognitive, and linguistic skills. Yet, the United States lacks a national policy of paid family leave during this important period of early brain development, despite previous research demonstrating links between paid leave and improved maternal mental health, lower rates of infant mortality, and increases in cognitive skills during toddlerhood. The current study examined associations between paid maternal leave and infant brain function at 3-months of age using electroencephalography (EEG). Even after controlling for influential infant and family characteristics, results indicate that compared to unpaid leave, experiences of paid leave were related to distinct EEG profiles, possibly reflecting more mature patterns of brain activity. Findings from this study support past work demonstrating the benefits of paid leave on infant cognitive development and extend this work into early neural functioning. Together with past research, this work suggests that policy interventions mandating paid family leave may lead to reductions in sociodemographic health disparities and set the stage for healthy neurocognitive development.

scholarly journals Paid family leave on local television news in the United States: Setting the agenda for policy reform.

2021 ◽  
pp. 100821
Author(s):  
Margaret Tait ◽  
Colleen Bogucki ◽  
Laura Baum ◽  
Erika Franklin Fowler ◽  
Jeff Niederdeppe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Policy Reform ◽  
Television News ◽  
The United States ◽  
Family Leave ◽  
Local Television ◽  
Paid Family Leave ◽  
Local Television News
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