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Title: The Effects of Californias Paid Family Leave Program on Mothers Leave-Taking and Subsequent Labor Market Outcomes
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Publication Year: 2011
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Abstract: This analysis uses March Current Population Survey data from 1999-2010 and a differencesin-differences approach to examine how Californias first in the nation paid family leave (PFL)program affected leave-taking by mothers following childbirth, as well as subsequent labormarket outcomes. We obtain robust evidence that the California program more than doubledthe overall use of maternity leave, increasing it from around three to six or seven weeks forthe typical new mother with particularly large growth for less advantaged groups. We alsoprovide suggestive evidence that PFL increased the usual weekly work hours of employedmothers of one-to-three year-old children by 6 to 9% and that their wage incomes may haverisen by a similar amount.
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Authors: Rossin-Slater, Maya; Ruhm, Christopher; Waldfogel, Jane
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Publication Number: 6240
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Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS CPS
Topics: Family and Marriage, Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other
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