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Title: Paid Family Leave, Fathers' Leave-Taking, and Leave-Sharing in Dual-Earner Households

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2018

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DOI: 10.1002/pam.22030

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Abstract: Using difference-in-difference and difference-in-difference-in-difference designs, we studyCalifornia’sPaidFamilyLeave(CA-PFL)program,thefirstsourceofgovernmentprovided paid parental leave available to fathers in the Unites States. Relative to the pre-treatment mean, fathers of infants in California are 46 percent more likely to be on leave when CA-PFL is available. In households where both parents work, we find suggestive evidence that CA-PFL increases both father-only leave-taking (i.e., father on leave while mother is at work) and joint leave-taking (i.e., both parents on leave at the same time). Effects are larger for fathers of first-born children than for fathers of laterborn children.

Url: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/pam.22030

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Authors: Bartel, Ann, P; Rossin-Slater, Maya; Ruhm, Christopher, J; Stearns, Jenna; Waldfogel, Jane

Periodical (Full): Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Issue: 1

Volume: 37

Pages: 10-37

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Work, Family, and Time

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