Who Cares? Paid Sick Leave Mandates, Caregiving, and Gender

Tanya Byker, Elena Patel and Shanthi Ramnath

National Tax Journal, 2023, vol. 76, issue 3, 649 - 677

Abstract: We use employment data from the Current Population Survey to assess the efficacy of state-mandated paid sick leave policies on leave-taking behavior. We find that these policies increase leave-taking for caregiving for men by 10–20 percent, and this effect is strongest for men with young children. In addition, Hispanic men and men without a bachelor’s degree, who historically have had low access to paid sick leave, are 20–25 percent more likely to take caregiving leave. By comparison, these policies do not affect leave-taking for own sickness, nor do these policies affect leave-taking for caregiving among women.

Date: 2023
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