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 …

BACKGROUND First evidence shows that lockdown and confinement measures were
associated with a more egalitarian gender division of housework in the United Kingdom …

Work-family policies—such as parental leave and flextime—can help to facilitate gender
equality in workplaces and in families. But policy use is typically low, varies significantly from …

Labor market policies for expecting and new mothers emerged at the turn of the nineteenth
century. The main motivation for these policies was to ensure the health of mothers and their …

I study the effect of parental leave duration on maternal health in the short-to medium-run
leveraging variation in parental leave duration induced by an Austrian policy reform in the …

The US is the only high-income country without a national paid family leave (PFL) policy.
While a handful of US states have implemented PFL policies in recent years, there are few …

During the past four decades, most OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development) countries have adopted or expanded paid family leave, which offers leave to …

Background Several countries are expanding their paternity leave policies, which can have
positive effects on parental mental health. We examined whether 2 weeks of paid paternity …

The link between work and health outcomes for preconception, pregnant, and postpartum
(PPP) working women is complex. Further, innovation and enhanced understanding are …

This chapter, the second of a pair of related chapters in this volume, provides a broad
overview, and new conceptualization, about the various ways in which fatherhood …