title: The effects of California's paid family leave program on mothers' leave-taking and subsequent labor market outcomes.
abstract: This analysis uses March Current Population Survey data from 1999 to 2010 and a differences-in-differences approach to examine how California's first in the nation paid family leave (PFL) program affected leave-taking by mothers following childbirth, as well as subsequent labor market outcomes. We obtain robust evidence that the California program doubled the overall use of maternity leave, increasing it from an average of three to six weeks for new mothers--with some evidence of particularly large growth for less advantaged groups. We also provide evidence that PFL increased the usual weekly work hours of employed mothers of 1- to 3-year-old children by 10 to 17 percent and that their wage incomes may have risen by a similar amount.
authors.forename: Maya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rossin-Slater
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Ruhm
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Waldfogel
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D019352:Censuses; D004651:Employment / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017407:Family Leave / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006291:Health Policy / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000639:trends; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009035:Mothers / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D016524:Parental Leave / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011181:Postnatal Care / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends; D013997:Time Factors; D014931:Women, Working / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
references.citation: Future Child. 2011 Fall;21(2):163-90
references.pmid: 22013633
references.citation: B E J Econom Anal Policy. 2011 Jul 28;11(1):
references.pmid: 24032071
references.citation: J Popul Econ. 1996;9(3):267-85
references.pmid: 12291883
references.citation: Mon Labor Rev. 2008 Jun;131(6):15-27
references.pmid: 21701695
references.citation: Future Child. 2011 Fall;21(2):191-210
references.pmid: 22013634
references.citation: J Policy Anal Manage. 2009 Winter;28(1):29-54
references.pmid: 19090048
references.citation: J Health Econ. 2008 Jul;27(4):871-887
references.pmid: 18387682
references.citation: Demography. 2003 Feb;40(1):191-200
references.pmid: 12647520
references.citation: Future Child. 2011 Fall;21(2):37-68
references.pmid: 22013628