Byker, Tanya; Patel, Elena; Ramnath, Shanthi - 2023
We use employment data from the Current Population Survey to assess the efficacy of state-mandated paid sick leave … policies on leave-taking behavior with a focus on any variation by gender. We find that these policies increase leave taking …, we find that Hispanic men and men without a bachelor's degree, who historically have had low access to paid sick leave …