Parental Leave Policies and Parents' Employment and Leave-Taking

Autor/inn/en	Han, Wen-Jui; Ruhm, Christopher; Waldfogel, Jane
Titel	Parental Leave Policies and Parents' Employment and Leave-Taking
Quelle	In: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 28 (2009) 1, S.29-54 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0276-8739
DOI	10.1002/pam.20398
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Employed Parents; Fathers; Leaves of Absence; Trend Analysis; Birth; Surveys; Federal Legislation; Infants; Educational Attainment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Lehrerbeurlaubung; Trendanalyse; Geburt; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Bundesrecht; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut
Abstract	We describe trends in maternal employment and leave-taking after birth of a newborn and analyze the extent to which these behaviors are influenced by parental leave policies. Data are from the June Current Population Survey (CPS) Fertility Supplements, merged with other months of the CPS, and cover the period 1987 to 1994. This time span is one during which parental leave legislation expanded at both the state and federal level. We also provide the first comprehensive examination of employment and leave-taking by fathers of infants. Our main finding is that leave expansions are associated with increased leave-taking by both mothers and fathers. The magnitudes of the changes are small in absolute terms but large relative to the baseline for men and much greater for college-educated or married mothers than for their less-educated or single counterparts. (Contains 39 footnotes, 5 tables, and 6 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10