Han Wen-Jui, Ruhn Christopher, Waldfogel Jane
Columbia University School of Social Work, USA.
J Policy Anal Manage. 2009 Winter;28(1):29-54. doi: 10.1002/pam.20398.
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 at both the state and federal level. We also provide the first comprehensive examination of employment and leave-taking by fathers of infants. Our main finding is that leave expansions are associated with increased leave-taking by both mothers and fathers. The magnitudes of the changes are small in absolute terms but large relative to the baseline for men and much greater for college-educated or married mothers than for their less-educated or single counterparts.
我们描述了新生儿出生后母亲就业和休假的趋势，并分析了这些行为受育儿假政策影响的程度。数据来自6月当期人口调查（CPS）生育补充调查，并与CPS的其他月份数据合并，涵盖1987年至1994年期间。这个时间段内，州和联邦层面的育儿假立法都有所扩展。我们还首次全面考察了婴儿父亲的就业和休假情况。我们的主要发现是，育儿假政策的扩展与母亲和父亲休假时间的增加有关。从绝对值来看，变化幅度较小，但相对于男性的基线而言较大，对于受过大学教育或已婚的母亲来说，变化幅度比对教育程度较低或单身的母亲要大得多。
