Mental health disorders during the post-partum period are a common morbidity, but parental
leave might help alleviate symptoms by preventing or reducing stress. We aim to summarise …

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 …

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 …

While workplace flexibility is perceived to be a key determinant of maternal labor supply,
less is known about fathers' demand for flexibility or about intra-household spillover effects …

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 …

We examine the impact of the introduction of paid maternity leave in Norway in 1977 on
maternal health in the medium and long term. Using administrative data combined with …

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 …

In the last five decades, almost all European countries have experienced a decline in actual
fertility, but not in desired fertility. The incompatibility of motherhood and paid work has been …

Purpose Working mothers are at greater risk for postpartum depression. Maternity leave
characteristics, including length, wage replacement and employment protection, could have …