Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 5 · Licensed source edition
New York State’s Paid Family Leave Program is Associated with More Equitable and Increased Use of Paid Leave Following Childbirth
Originally published 2023-01-07 · Maternal and Child Health Journal
Springer Science and Business Media LLC · DOI 10.1007/s10995-022-03510-6 ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Examines paid-leave use before and after New York’s program, placing equitable access across racial and ethnic groups alongside headline benefit availability.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
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Who begins using paid leave when access becomes more reliable?
Examines paid-leave use before and after New York’s program, placing equitable access across racial and ethnic groups alongside headline benefit availability.
Study context
New York State PRAMS respondents giving birth in 2016–2018, excluding New York City.
Age / stage: New mothers following childbirth.
Read with three questions
- How was paid maternity-leave use compared before and after implementation?
- Which racial and ethnic groups experienced the larger relative increases?
- What other time trends could a before-and-after design leave unresolved?
Keep the limits in view
The observational policy comparison is not randomized and excludes New York City; policy eligibility and other contemporaneous changes may affect uptake.
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Trang Nguyen; Barbara A. Dennison; Anne Radigan; Eileen FitzPatrick; Wei Zhang; Butho Ncube (2023). New York State’s Paid Family Leave Program is Associated with More Equitable and Increased Use of Paid Leave Following Childbirth Maternal and Child Health Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-022-03510-6
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