Over the last two decades, numerous studies have suggested that dedicated time for parents
to be with their children in the earliest months of life offers significant benefits to child health …

Research indicates that family leave policies help to improve child and family health and
well-being and contribute to greater family economic security. In terms of children's health …

The effects of paid parental leave policies on infant health have yet to be established. In this
paper we investigate these effects by exploiting the introduction of California Paid Family …

This article reviews the evidence on the impacts of paid family and medical leave (PFML)
policies on workers' health, family well-being, and employer outcomes. While an extensive …

Paid family leave policies have the potential to reduce health disparities, yet access to paid
leave remains limited and unevenly distributed in the United States. Using California …

California's paid family leave (PFL) policy improved mothers' labor market outcomes,
however, the health impacts of this program are less studied. I compare child and parental …

This study investigates whether rights to parental leave improve pediatric health. Aggregate
data are used for 16 European countries over the 1969 through 1994 period. More generous …

Policy Points: Historically, reforms that have increased the duration of jobprotected paid
parental leave have improved women's economic outcomes. By targeting the period around …

Abstract [Excerpt] This paper reviews research on the benefits of paid parental leave from
the perspectives of individuals, families, employers, and the economy overall. It focuses …

Introduction Several US states have implemented paid family leave policies for new parents.
Few studies have evaluated the impacts of US paid family leave policies on families' health …