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Title: Effects of Family Leave on Wages, Employment, and the Family Wage Gap: Distributional Implications
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1. Kimmel, Jean
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina
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

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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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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.