Trends and Disparities in Leave Use under California's Paid Family Leave Program: New Evidence from Administrative Data

2018 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 388-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Bana ◽  
Kelly Bedard ◽  
Maya Rossin-Slater
Keyword(s):  
Family Member ◽  
Administrative Data ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Maternity Leave ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
The State ◽  
Family Leave ◽  
Insurance System ◽  
Paid Family Leave ◽  
New Evidence

We use novel administrative data to study trends and disparities in usage of California's first-in-the-nation paid family leave (PFL) program. We show that take-up for both bonding with a new child and caring for an ill family member increased over 2005-2014. Most women combine PFL with maternity leave from the State Disability Insurance system, resulting in leaves longer than 6 weeks. Most men take less than the full 6 weeks of PFL. Individuals in the lowest earnings quartile and in small firms are the least likely to take leave. There are important differences in take-up across industries, especially for men.

Class Disparities, Market Fundamentalism, and Work–Family Policy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Milkman
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Family Policy ◽  
The State ◽  
Family Leave ◽  
Paid Leave ◽  
Class Differences ◽  
Paid Family Leave ◽  
Work Family

This chapter examines class disparities in existing access to work–family support in the context of market fundamentalism. It begins with a discussion of class disparities in time use and access to employer-provided benefits that facilitate work–family reconciliation, along with an overview of market fundamentalism and business objections to work–family policy. It then analyzes California's 2002 law that created a paid family leave program covering all private-sector employees in the state. It shows that advocates for paid leave built a broad coalition in support of the law and prevailed despite organized business' strong opposition to the measure. However, the longstanding class disparities in access to paid family leave were only partially alleviated. The chapter also highlights the importance of class differences among women in relation to paid family leave.

scholarly journals Effects of Paid Leave Policies on Working Caregivers' Labor Supply

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 30-31
Author(s):  
Soohyun Kim
Keyword(s):  
Labor Supply ◽  
Family Member ◽  
State Government ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Family Leave ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Paid Leave ◽  
Paid Family Leave ◽  
Leave Policy

Abstract Approximately two in three caregivers are in the labor force. However, paid family leave is the only policy support for working caregivers to date, which helps to balance their work and care responsibilities. I analyze the data from the 1998-2014 Health and Retirement Study to examine 1) how paid leave policies affect labor market outcomes for workers in need of caring for a spouse/partner or an older parent/-in-law and 2) how the effects differ by gender. Paid leave policy is distinguished between employer-provided leave and state government-provided leave. Using the first-difference approach, I compare the short-term and long-term changes in the extensive and intensive margins of labor with and without access to paid leave policies when a health deterioration of the older family member occurs. My preliminary results show that, without paid leave policy, the health event of a spouse/partner or an older parent/-in-law affects women’s labor supply but not men’s. Paid leave provided by an employer increases the labor supply for both women and men, with the more noticeable long-term effects for men. State paid family leave increases women’s wage and salary both in the short run and in the long run. My findings underline the importance of paid leave policy for retaining the workers in need of providing care for a family member, particularly for women.

scholarly journals The Effect of Unemployment Benefits on the Duration of Unemployment Insurance Receipt: New Evidence from a Regression Kink Design in Missouri, 2003–2013

2015 ◽  
Vol 105 (5) ◽  
pp. 126-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Card ◽  
Andrew Johnston ◽  
Pauline Leung ◽  
Alexandre Mas ◽  
Zhuan Pei
Keyword(s):  
Administrative Data ◽  
Unemployment Insurance ◽  
The State ◽  
Unemployment Benefits ◽  
Experimental Variation ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Duration Of Unemployment ◽  
Regression Kink Design ◽  
New Evidence

We provide new evidence on the effect of the unemployment insurance (UI) weekly benefit amount on unemployment insurance spells based on administrative data from the state of Missouri covering the period 2003-2013. Identification comes from a regression kink design that exploits the quasi-experimental variation around the kink in the UI benefit schedule. We find that UI durations are more responsive to benefit levels during the recession and its aftermath, with an elasticity between 0.65 and 0.9 as compared to about 0.35 pre-recession.

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