News Finding: Based on our research, we expect that a sincere and honest attempt to enact paid family leave will likely draw wide support.
Paper Finding: This latter specification should be expected to attenuate the results slightly, as a smaller fraction of the treated sample is eligible for leave.
News Context: Interestingly, in both states there were no significant differences across firms of different sizes, nor between firms with different proportions of part-time or female employees. That number will go up in 2020 when Washington state and Washington, D.C., implement programs as well. Based on our research, we expect that a sincere and honest attempt to enact paid family leave will likely draw wide support.
Paper Context: 46 Specifically, the results in Table 2 hold if all fathers who have worked any positive number of weeks in the previous 12 months are included in the sample, or if all fathers with age-eligible children are included in the sample, regardless of employment status. This latter specification should be expected to attenuate the results slightly, as a smaller fraction of the treated sample is eligible for leave. However, given the high employment rate among fathers, the samples do not change dramatically, and estimated CA-PFL effects remain substantial, although slightly smaller on average than previously.