'In this case, if the goal is to keep women working, other things seem necessary beyond several weeks of paid leave.'
“The answer is not, ‘Don’t pass paid leave policies,’” Ms. Bailey said. “I think the answer has to be that we think smarter about how to design those policies, that also encourage fathers to take leave.”
Seen this way, the authors wrote, “paid leave legislation could be responsible for an increase in investment of $24,000 worth of mothers’ time in children.” Of all mothers who took paid leave, there was a small negative effect on their employment and earnings compared to those who didn’t take it, which the researchers said was statistically insignificant. For first-time mothers, there was a clear negative effect. After 10 years, the new mothers who took paid leave right after they gave birth were 5 percent to 7 percent less likely to be employed, and those who were employed earned 5 percent to 8 percent less.
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