Auburn University at Montgomery, United States.
State University of New York at Binghamton and IZA, United States.
Vaccine. 2021 May 18;39(21):2886-2893. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.03.087. Epub 2021 Apr 23.
Time constraints parents face can affect whether infant children are vaccinated on time. Using the National Immunization Survey, we employ a synthetic control difference-in-difference estimation technique to establish a causal relationship arising from California's implementation of Paid Parental Leave Program as a natural experiment. We find California Paid Family Leave reduced late vaccinations by up to 5 percentage points or approximately 10% for children born to parents in California after the policy was implemented. Further, the policy had a stronger impact on families below the poverty line. Thus access to paid family leave can improve on-time immunization of infants.
父母面临的时间限制会影响婴儿是否能按时接种疫苗。本文利用国家免疫调查数据,采用合成控制差分法从自然实验的角度,实证分析了加州实施带薪育儿假政策对儿童疫苗接种时间的因果影响。结果表明,该政策实施后,加州出生的儿童中,晚接种疫苗的比例最多降低了 5 个百分点,即 10%左右。此外,该政策对贫困线以下家庭的影响更大。因此,获得带薪家庭休假可以提高婴儿的按时免疫率。