abstract: 'The introduction of the Australian Paid Parental Leave scheme in 2011

  provides a rare opportunity to estimate the impacts of publicly funded

  paid leave on mothers in the first year postpartum. The almost universal

  coverage of the scheme, coupled with detailed survey data collected

  specifically for the scheme''s evaluation, means that eligibility for

  paid leave under the scheme can be plausibly taken as exogenous,

  following a standard propensity score-matching exercise. Consistent with

  much of the existing literature, the study finds a positive impact on

  mothers'' taking leave in the first half year and on mothers'' probability

  of returning to work in the first year. The paper provides new evidence

  of a positive impact on continuing in the same job under the same

  conditions, where previous conclusions have been mixed. Further, it

  shows that disadvantaged mothers - low income, less educated, without

  access to employer-funded leave - respond most.'
affiliation: 'Broadway, B (Corresponding Author), Univ Melbourne, Melbourne Inst,
  Appl Econ \& Social Res, FBE Bldg,Level 5,111 Barry St, Melbourne, Vic 3010, Australia.

  Broadway, Barbara, Univ Melbourne, Melbourne Inst, Appl Econ \& Social Res, FBE
  Bldg,Level 5,111 Barry St, Melbourne, Vic 3010, Australia.

  Kalb, Guyonne, Univ Melbourne, Melbourne Inst Appl Econ \& Social Res, Level 5,111
  Barry St, Melbourne, Vic 3010, Australia.

  McVicar, Duncan, Queens Univ Belfast, Queens Management Sch, Belfast, Antrim, North
  Ireland.

  Martin, Bill, Univ Queensland, Social Sci Res Inst, Indooroopilly, Qld, Australia.'
author: Broadway, Barbara and Kalb, Guyonne and McVicar, Duncan and Martin, Bill
author-email: 'b.broadway@unimelb.edu.au

  g.kalb@unimelb.edu.au

  d.mcvicar@qub.ac.uk'
author_list:
- family: Broadway
  given: Barbara
- family: Kalb
  given: Guyonne
- family: McVicar
  given: Duncan
- family: Martin
  given: Bill
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1080/13545701.2020.1718175
earlyaccessdate: MAR 2020
eissn: 1466-4372
files: []
issn: 1354-5701
journal: FEMINIST ECONOMICS
keywords: Labor supply; parental leave; Australia
keywords-plus: MATERNITY LEAVE; FAMILY LEAVE; MOTHERS; POLICIES; CALIFORNIA; WORK
language: English
month: JUL 2
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '38'
orcid-numbers: 'Kalb, Guyonne/0000-0001-6582-8608

  Broadway, Barbara/0000-0002-7816-7252'
pages: 30-65
papis_id: 29a4103b186f03603ef7064c7d615d25
ref: Broadway2020impactpaid
researcherid-numbers: 'Kalb, Guyonne/H-7383-2015

  Broadway, Barbara/N-8963-2014'
times-cited: '3'
title: The Impact of Paid Parental Leave on Labor Supply and Employment Outcomes in
  Australia
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000523143300001
usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
usage-count-since-2013: '13'
volume: '26'
web-of-science-categories: Economics; Women's Studies
year: '2020'