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YAML
111 lines
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YAML
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abstract: 'Compared to unpaid leave, paid family leave may better help working
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parents balance the competing needs of job and family early in a child''s
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life, among other advantages. Yet the United States remains one of only
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two countries in the world without a statutory national paid maternity
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leave policy, and one of the only high-income countries that doesn''t
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provide access to paid paternity leave for new fathers at the federal
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level.
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In theory, Maya Rossin-Slater and Jenna Stearns write, paid leave can
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benefit families in two ways: by changing the amount of income available
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in the household (and the amount of resources available for the child),
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and by increasing the amount of time parents spend with their children.
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Despite the lack of paid leave at the federal level, several US states
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have their own paid family leave programs, all of which provide partial
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wage replacement during leave to care for a newborn or newly adopted
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child, and aim to cover a broad segment of the workforce through minimal
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eligibility requirements. Rossin-Slater and Stearns review research
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about the effects of these state-level programs, as well as paid leave
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programs in other countries.
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The authors find that paid family leave has a number of benefits. For
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one, compared to unpaid leave, paid family leave increases leave-taking
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rates and leave duration, especially among disadvantaged parents. Paid
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leave programs that range from a few months to up to a year in length
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also appear to improve both infants'' health and mothers'' outcomes in the
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job market. At the same time, the research finds that existing paid
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leave programs have minimal impacts on businesses, suggesting that these
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programs confer benefits to workers and their families at little to no
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cost to their employers.
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Finally, because rising economic inequality in the United States is in
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part driven by disparities in early childhood, the authors argue that
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paid family leave may be one way to level the playing field for children
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from all backgrounds and help improve intergenerational mobility.'
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affiliation: 'Rossin-Slater, M (Corresponding Author), Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Hlth
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Policy, Stanford, CA 94305 USA.
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Rossin-Slater, M (Corresponding Author), Stanford Inst Econ Policy Res, Stanford,
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CA 94305 USA.
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Rossin-Slater, M (Corresponding Author), Natl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138
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USA.
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Rossin-Slater, Maya, Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Hlth Policy, Stanford, CA 94305 USA.
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Rossin-Slater, Maya, Stanford Inst Econ Policy Res, Stanford, CA 94305 USA.
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Rossin-Slater, Maya, Natl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.
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Stearns, Jenna, Univ Calif Davis, Econ, Davis, CA 95616 USA.'
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author: Rossin-Slater, Maya and Stearns, Jenna
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author_list:
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- family: Rossin-Slater
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given: Maya
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- family: Stearns
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given: Jenna
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da: '2023-09-28'
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eissn: 1550-1558
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files: []
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issn: 1054-8289
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journal: FUTURE OF CHILDREN
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keywords-plus: 'PAID FAMILY LEAVE; MATERNITY LEAVE; CALIFORNIA; EXPANSIONS; PROGRAM;
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CONSEQUENCES; LEGISLATION; EMPLOYMENT; COVERAGE; POLICIES'
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language: English
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month: FAL
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number: '2'
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number-of-cited-references: '59'
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orcid-numbers: Rossin-Slater, Maya/0000-0002-8905-2944
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pages: 35-51
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papis_id: 321fa16b1cbe302bf62bc6e95f59d940
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ref: Rossinslater2020timebaby
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times-cited: '2'
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title: Time On with Baby and Time Off from Work
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type: Article
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unique-id: WOS:000611015200003
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '10'
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volume: '30'
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web-of-science-categories: 'Family Studies; Health Policy \& Services; Social Sciences,
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Interdisciplinary'
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year: '2020'
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