The long-run effects of California's paid family leave act on women's careers and childbearing : new evidence from a regression discontinuity design and U.S. tax data
Martha Bailey, Tanya Byker, Elena Patel, Shanthi Ramnath
We use administrative tax data to analyze the cumulative, long-run effects of California's 2004 Paid Family Leave Act (CPFL) on women's employment, earnings, and childbearing. A regression-discontinuity design exploits the sharp increase in the weeks of paid leave available under the law. We find no evidence that CPFL increased employment, boosted earnings, or encouraged childbearing, suggesting that CPFL had little effect on the gender pay gap or child penalty. For first-time mothers, we find that CPFL reduced employment and earnings roughly a decade after they gave birth.
Year of publication: |
January 2024
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Authors: | Bailey, Martha J. ; Byker, Tanya ; Patel, Elena ; Ramnath, Shanthi |
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Munich, Germany : CESifo |
Subject: | gender wage gap | maternity leave | Elternzeit | Parental leave | Weibliche Arbeitskräfte | Women workers | USA | United States | Lohnstruktur | Wage structure | Fertilität | Fertility | Wirkungsanalyse | Impact assessment | Mutterschutz | Maternity protection | Schätzung | Estimation | Erwerbsverlauf | Occupational attainment |
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freely available
Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource (circa 44 Seiten) Illustrationen |
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Series: | CESifo working papers. - München : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 2364-1428, ZDB-ID 2065232-X. - Vol. 10933 (2024) |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature ; Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | hdl:10419/296022 [Handle] |
Classification: | J08 - Labor Economics Policies ; J16 - Economics of Gender ; J71 - Discrimination |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469148