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The Impact of Paid Family Leave on Families with Health Shocks

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  • Courtney Coile
  • Maya Rossin-Slater
  • Amanda Su

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We study the impact of paid family leave (PFL) policies on individuals’ labor market and mental health-related responses to their spouses’ and children’s health shocks using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey and event-study models. We find that PFL access improves job continuity among wives of individuals who are hospitalized or have surgery. Additionally, while PFL access does not affect the wives’ self-reported mental health, it reduces their use of mental health-related medication. We find no effects of PFL on parents of children who experience health shocks, suggesting that this policy is less fitting for this group of caregivers.

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  • Courtney Coile & Maya Rossin-Slater & Amanda Su, 2022. "The Impact of Paid Family Leave on Families with Health Shocks," NBER Working Papers 30739, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    • Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberwo:30739
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    1. Firouzi Naeim, Peyman & Johnston, David W. & Naghsh Nejad, Maryam, 2025. "Balancing Work and Care: How Workplace Factors Can Mitigate the Gendered Impacts of Caregiving," IZA Discussion Papers 17850, IZA Network @ LISER.
    2. Ning Li, 2023. "Health and household labor supply: instantaneous and adaptive behavior of an aging workforce," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 21(4), pages 1359-1378, December.
    3. Jiyoon Kim & Otto Lenhart, 2024. "Paid family leave and the fight against hunger: Evidence from New York," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 33(7), pages 1503-1527, July.
    4. Yuting Qian & Xi Chen, 2025. "Who Benefits from Paid Family Leave? The Impact on Informal and Formal Care for Middle-Aged and Older Adults with Disabilities," NBER Working Papers 33918, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    5. Barszczewski, Jacek & Milstein, Ricarda & Lee, Jinkook & Llena-Nozal, Ana, 2025. "How do women respond to increased care needs of their parents? The economic costs of informal caregiving," The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Elsevier, vol. 32(C).

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    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply

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