This paper analyzes the impact of paid family leave (PFL) policies in California, New Jersey, and New York on the labor … market and mental health outcomes of individuals whose spouses or children experience health shocks. We use data from the … conditions or limitations who experience a hospitalization or surgery report "leaving a job to care for home or family" in the …

examine how California's first in the nation paid family leave (PFL) program affected leave-taking by mothers following … weekly work hours of employed mothers of one-to-three year-old children by 6 to 9% and that their wage incomes may have risen …