The Short-Run Impacts of Connecticut’s Paid Sick Leave Legislation

Tom Ahn and Aaron Yelowitz

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: In 2012, Connecticut became the first state to enact paid sick leave legislation. Using a difference-in-differences framework, we find the law had modest but negative effects on the labor market, particularly on the likelihood of working in the past week.

Keywords: Paid sick leave; Mandated benefits; Difference-in-differences; Fringe benefits; Employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H75 I12 I18 J33 J38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-08
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