Infant mortality (IM) and birth outcomes, key population health indicators, have lifelong
implications for individuals, and are unequally distributed globally. Even among western …

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

Policy Points Changes in US state policies since the 1970s, particularly after 2010, have
played an important role in the stagnation and recent decline in US life expectancy. Some …

That prenatal events can have life-long consequences is now well established.
Nevertheless, research on the fetal origins hypothesis is flourishing and has expanded to …

In the second decade of the 21st century, research on work and family from multiple
disciplines flourished. The goal of this review is to capture the scope of this work–family …

Becoming a parent is a transformative experience, marked by hormonal changes and
neuroplasticity as well as shifts in self-concept, social roles, and daily routines. Although the …

Maternity and family leave policies enable mothers to take time off work to prepare for and
recover from childbirth and to care for their new children. While there is substantial variation …

We assess the case for generous government-funded maternity leave, focusing on a series
of policy reforms in Norway that expanded paid leave from 18 to 35 weeks. We find the …

Using data from the 1997 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY‐97),
we examine the effects of California's paid family leave program (CA‐PFL) on mothers' and …

We study a change in maternity leave entitlements in Norway. Mothers giving birth before
July 1, 1977, were eligible for 12 weeks of unpaid leave, while those giving birth after that …