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abstract: 'U.S. federal and state family leave legislation requires employers to
provide job-protected parental leave for new mothers covered under the
legislation. In most cases the leave is unpaid, and rarely longer than
12 weeks in duration. This study evaluates disparities in parental leave
eligibility, access, and usage across the family income distribution in
the United States. It also describes the links between leave-taking and
women''s labor market careers. The focus is especially on low-income
families, as their leave coverage and ability to afford taking unpaid
leave is particularly poor. This study shows that the introduction of
both state and federal legislation increased overall leave coverage,
leave provision, and leave-taking. For example, the Family and Medical
Leave Act (FMLA) leads to an increased probability of leave-taking by
nearly 20 percentage points and increased average leave length by almost
five weeks across all states. The new policies did not, however, reduce
gaps between low-and high-income families'' eligibility, leave-taking, or
leave length. In addition, the FMLA effects on leave-taking were very
similar across states with and without prior leave legislation, and the
FMLA did not disproportionately increase leave-taking for women who
worked in firms and jobs covered by the new legislation, as these women
were already relatively well covered by other parental leave
arrangements. (C) 2015 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and
Management.'
affiliation: 'Kerr, SP (Corresponding Author), WCW, Wellesley Coll, 106 Cent St, Wellesley,
MA 02481 USA.
Kerr, Sari Pekkala, WCW, Wellesley Coll, 106 Cent St, Wellesley, MA 02481 USA.'
author: Kerr, Sari Pekkala
author-email: skerr3@wellesley.edu
author_list:
- family: Kerr
given: Sari Pekkala
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1002/pam.21875
eissn: 1520-6688
files: []
issn: 0276-8739
journal: JOURNAL OF POLICY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT
keywords-plus: 'EARLY MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT; PAID FAMILY LEAVE; MEDICAL LEAVE; AFFECT
FERTILITY; UNITED-STATES; CHILD HEALTH; MOTHERS; GAP; PAY; EARNINGS'
language: English
month: WIN
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '83'
orcid-numbers: Kerr, Sari/0000-0003-3454-5335
pages: 117+
papis_id: 1a895cf64c94110dd08116c9acfa5a92
ref: Kerr2016parentalleave
times-cited: '9'
title: 'Parental Leave Legislation and Women''s Work: A Story of Unequal Opportunities'
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000372885600007
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '160'
volume: '35'
web-of-science-categories: Economics; Public Administration
year: '2016'