The long-run effects of California's paid family leave act on women's careers and childbearing / Martha J. Bailey, Tanya Byker, Elena Patel and Shanti Ramnath
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Centre for Economic Policy Research. Discussion papers ; DP18833Publisher: London : Centre for Economic Policy Research, 13 February 2024Description: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 70 Seiten) : IllustrationenSubject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources: Summary: We use administrative tax data to analyze the cumulative, long-run effects of California’s 2004 Paid Family Leave Act (CPFL) on women’s employment, earnings, and childbearing. A regression-discontinuity design exploits the sharp increase in the weeks of paid leave available under the law. We find no evidence that CPFL increased employment, boosted earnings, or encouraged childbearing, suggesting that CPFL had little effect on the gender pay gap or child penalty. For first-time mothers, we find that CPFL reduced employment and earnings roughly a decade after they gave birth.PPN: PPN: 1882351266Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-CEPPNo physical items for this record