TY - JOUR
T1 - How does paid family leave affect unpaid care providers?
AU - Saad-Lessler, Joelle
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - This study uses difference in difference methodology applied to data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation in 1998, 2003, 2006 and 2011 to assess the impact of California's paid family leave law on labor market outcomes of unpaid care providers, controlling for nationwide compositional changes in the sample of unpaid care providers. I find California's paid family leave law increased the likelihood of being an unpaid care provider in the labor force by 1% among women and the higher educated. Increased labor force participation enhances the retirement preparedness of unpaid care providers, most of whom are women, and suggests a role for paid leave policies in tackling the U.S. retirement savings shortfall.
AB - This study uses difference in difference methodology applied to data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation in 1998, 2003, 2006 and 2011 to assess the impact of California's paid family leave law on labor market outcomes of unpaid care providers, controlling for nationwide compositional changes in the sample of unpaid care providers. I find California's paid family leave law increased the likelihood of being an unpaid care provider in the labor force by 1% among women and the higher educated. Increased labor force participation enhances the retirement preparedness of unpaid care providers, most of whom are women, and suggests a role for paid leave policies in tackling the U.S. retirement savings shortfall.
KW - Care giving
KW - Labor force participation
KW - Paid leave
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jeoa.2020.100265
DO - 10.1016/j.jeoa.2020.100265
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85085952448
SN - 2212-828X
VL - 17
JO - Journal of the Economics of Ageing
JF - Journal of the Economics of Ageing
M1 - 100265
ER -