Paid Family Leave and Parent Wellbeing: Evidence from Administrative Data and Insurance Claims

This grant is co-funded by the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

The prevalence of low wage work has increased dramatically in recent decades and low wage workers are substantially less likely than higher wage workers to have access to paid family leave. The rise of low wage work coupled with the lack of a national paid leave program in the U.S. likely has negative consequences for working families. Doctoral student in public policy Tom Lindman will examine the impact of paid family leave on parental wellbeing and the relationship between paid family leave with job quality. He will analyze data from Washington State’s Paid Family and Medical Leave Program, birth records for Washington State, and the Washington All Payer Claims Database for his study.