Rutgers Study: Paid Family Leave Leads to Positive Economic Outcomes for Working Families, Businesses
Rutgers Study: Paid Family Leave Leads to Positive Economic Outcomes for Working Families, Businesses
January 17, 2012
WHAT:
The
Center for Women and Work (CWW) at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey,
and the National Partnership for Women & Families, based in Washington,
D.C., will convene a conference call
to discuss the new study, Pay Matters:
The Positive Economic Impacts of Paid Family Leave for Families, Businesses and
the Public.
WHO:
The call will feature the study’s authors who
are experts on paid leave: Linda Houser,
affiliate fellow, CWW and assistant professor at Widener University; Thomas P. Vartanian, professor at Bryn
Mawr College; Karen White, director,
Working Families Program, CWW; and Vicki
Shabo, director of work and family programs, National Partnership.
WHEN:
Thursday, Jan. 19 at 1 p.m.
TO JOIN:
To
request an embargoed copy of the report on Wednesday, Jan. 18, to get dial-in
information to join the call, or to request interviews with experts if you
cannot make the call, contact Steve Manas, Rutgers Office of Media Relations,
732-932-7084, ext. 612, or Sadie Kliner, National Partnership for Women &
Families, 202-986-2600.
BACKGROUND:
With
a growing need for family-friendly workplace policies, a new study commissioned
by the National Partnership for Women & Families with funding from the
Rockefeller Foundation finds that providing paid family leave to workers leads
to positive economic outcomes for working families, businesses and the public. Rutgers’
Center for Women and Work conducted the study, which looks at how taking paid
family leave affects workers’ labor force participation, wages, and use of
public assistance and food stamps. Among the conclusions:
Women who reported taking paid leave are
more likely to be working nine to 12 months after a child’s birth than those
who report taking no leave at all
Paid family leave increases wages for women with
children.
