Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/300497 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. WP 2024-12
Publisher: 
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Abstract: 
We use the Longitudinal Business Database to examine the impact of state-level paid parental leave laws in California, New Jersey, and Rhode Island on firms. Our main estimation strategy uses multi-unit firms and compares within-firm changes in outcomes for establishments in treated and untreated states. We find that paid parental leave laws reduce employment in firms' establishments in treated states. We investigate heterogeneity of the effects by pre-mandate share of workers in an industry that were women, and find that there is no systematic evidence that firms reduce employment more in industries with a higher share of women employees.
Subjects: 
Paid leave
employment
firms
establishments
entry
exit
revenue
productivity
JEL: 
H75
J13
J18
J21
J23
J31
J63
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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