Parental Leave: The Impact of Recent Legislation on Parents' Leave Taking
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Parental leave: the impact of recent legislation on parents' leave taking.
We use data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation to examine the impact of leave entitlements on unpaid leave usage by men and women after the birth of a child from 1991 to 1999. The results indicate that legislation providing the right to unpaid leave has not affected men's leave usage. The results for women are mixed: in some specifications, leave entitlements are associated wit...
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We describe trends in maternal employment and leave-taking after birth of a newborn and analyze the extent to which these behaviors are influenced by parental leave policies. Data are from the June Current Population Survey (CPS) Fertility Supplements, merged with other months of the CPS, and cover the period 1987 to 1994. This time span is one during which parental leave legislation expanded a...
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1. EPIUnit Instituto de Saúde Pública. Universidade do Porto. Porto. Portugal. 2. Departamento de Epidemiologia Clínica, Medicina Preditiva e Saúde Pública. Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade do Porto. Porto. Portugal. Autor correspondente: Mariana Amorim. [email protected] Recebido: 18 de Julho de 2014 Aceite: 15 de Dezembro de 2014 | Copyright © Ordem dos Médicos 2015 Mariana AMOR...
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عنوان ژورنال: Demography
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0070-3370
DOI: 10.2307/3180818