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Source: Journal of Law and Policy
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Baum, Charles L., II |
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Has Family Leave Legislation Increased Leave-Taking? Journal of Law and Policy 15 (2004): 93-114. Also: http://www.wulaw.wustl.edu/Journal/15/p115%20Baum%20book%20pages.pdf Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Washington University - St. Louis, School of Law Keyword(s): Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA); Leave, Family or Maternity/Paternity; Maternal Employment Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. In 1993, the federal government passed the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), which gives eligible employees twelve weeks of job-protected unpaid leave from work per year to address family issues. Employees are eligible for family leave under the FMLA if they have worked for their employer for at least a year, accumulating at least 1,250 work hours. Employers are covered if they employ at least fifty workers. Prior to the FMLA's passage, twelve states and the District of Columbia had passed their own family leave legislation mandating similar benefits. One potential use of family leave legislation is to give mothers leave from work after giving birth. One potential use of this legislation is to allow mothers leave from work after giving birth. In this Article, I estimate the effects of family leave legislation on mothers' leave-taking after giving birth. I examine the effects of family leave legislation as a natural experiment because state family leave laws (passed prior to the FMLA) vary both in scope and in dates of enforcement. I also identify the mothers who have the employment history to be eligible for the mandated leave benefits and who work for employers of sufficient size to be covered by their state's legislation. My results suggest that family leave legislation has had little effect on leave taking. |
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Bibliography Citation
Baum, Charles L., II. "Has Family Leave Legislation Increased Leave-Taking?" Journal of Law and Policy 15 (2004): 93-114.
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Kimmel, Jean Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina |
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Effects of Family Leave on Wages, Employment, and the Family Wage Gap: Distributional Implications Journal of Law and Policy 15 (2004): 115-142. Also: http://law.wustl.edu/Journal/15/ Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Washington University - St. Louis, School of Law Keyword(s): Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA); Labor Force Participation; Leave, Family or Maternity/Paternity; Motherhood; Wage Gap; Women Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. SUMMARY:... During this time period, overall female labor force participation increased from 33.9% in 1950 to 60.1% in 2001; while during the same time, male labor force participation actually fell from 86.4% to 74.4%. ... Despite the proliferation of research and publications in recent years on the topic of the FMLA, little has been published to date presenting a broad overview of the economic impact of mandated family leave, particularly regarding its distributional effects for women and their children. ... It is interesting to note that the enactment of a family and medical leave law in the state appears to have a negative impact on female employment. ... Looking at the coefficient for the motherhood dummy variable in model (1) in Table 5, we can see that, on average, mothers in our sample experienced a motherhood wage gap of approximately eleven percent. ... We use data from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth n11 to estimate the impact of state leave policies on employment and wage outcomes for women, both mothers and non-mothers, thereby producing estimates of such leave policies on the family earnings gap. Finally, we discuss distributional implications of the current FMLA policy and suggest policy revisions. Copyright (c) 2004 Washington University |
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Bibliography Citation
Kimmel, Jean and Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes. "Effects of Family Leave on Wages, Employment, and the Family Wage Gap: Distributional Implications." Journal of Law and Policy 15 (2004): 115-142.
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