Track 3: Health and Family Leave – Policy Relevant Research on Paid Family and Medical Leave: What Do We Know? What Do We Need to Know?

With no federal paid family and medical leave policy, some states have created their own programs and other states have new legislation pending. State-specific policy relevant research becomes critical in launching the discussion and demonstrating support for a policy, as well as showing who has access to employer-provided paid leave for different types of leave. Additionally, actuarial analyses are important to understand the costs of a program and how the costs would vary depending on different program parameters. Finally, program evaluation of existing state-run programs can help fine tune the policy and identify gaps in knowledge and participation. Moderator: Kristin Smith, Carsey School of Public Policy, University of New Hampshire Panelists: Pronita Gupta, Deputy Director, Women’s Bureau, Department of Labor Randy Albelda, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts-Boston Helen Mederer, Professor of Sociology and Labor Research, University of RI Barbara Silver, Research Coordinator, Schmidt Labor Research Center, University of Rhode Islan

2016 Paid Leave Analysis Grants: Prospective Applicant Webinar

[Excerpt] Program purpose: Support research and analysis needed to explore, develop, implement, and/or improve paid family and medical leave programs at the State and municipal levels, as well as in U.S. Territories and Possessions and federally recognized Indian/Native American Tribes.2016_PAID_LEAVE_ANALYSIS_GRANTS_Prospective_Applicants_Webinar.pdf: 22 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020

2015 Paid Leave Analysis Grants: Prospective Applicant Webinar

Program Purpose Types of research and analysis: Statistical analysis Feasibility analysis Economic-impact analysis Financing, eligibility and benefit modeling Education, outreach and marketing analysis for implementation purposes2015_Paid_Leave_Grants__website_slides_.pdf: 15 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020

2016 Paid Leave Analysis Grants: Prospective Applicant Webinar

This presentation is a webinar to discuss eligibility, application and submission requirements, evaluation criteria, and Review and Selection Process for the paid leave analysis grants

2015 Paid Leave Analysis Grants: Prospective Applicant Webinar

Program Purpose Types of research and analysis: Statistical analysis Feasibility analysis Economic-impact analysis Financing, eligibility and benefit modeling Education, outreach and marketing analysis for implementation purposes2015_Paid_Leave_Grants__website_slides_.pdf: 15 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020

2015 Paid Leave Analysis Grants: Prospective Applicant Webinar

This presentation is a webinar to discuss eligibility, application requirements, and evaluation criteria for the paid leave analysis grants

How Fair Shares Compare: Experimental Evidence from Two Cultures, Working Paper

Abstract Individuals in poor, rural communities in the developing world often face pressure to share labor income and reduce inequality which results from disparities in effort or ability. We use experimental economic methods to study the internalized moral norms governing the sharing of earned and unearned income in rural villages in western Kenya. We use a suite of economic experiments which allow us to vary the extent to which income depends on effort while holding other aspects of the economic environment constant. Results suggest that, in rural villages, the moral cost of appropriating another individuals income does not depend on the amount of effort exerted by the other party, though subjects are less generous with their own earned income than with unearned income. In contrast, subjects in a standard lab in the U.S. consistently allocate more money to any player who has exerted effort, relative to a player in an analogous situation receiving windfall income