Research leaves adult family caregivers with fewer answers
The evidence is mostly beneficial for new parents’ leave. It is thinner for employees caring for older children, adult family members, or elderly relatives.
The article reviews evidence on the impacts of PFML policies on workers’ health, family well-being, and employer outcomes. An extensive body of research demonstrates mostly beneficial effects of PFML taken by new parents on infant, child, and parental health. Less is known about PFML’s impact on employees who need leave to care for older children, adult family members, or elderly relatives. Further research is needed to understand the effects of different policy parameters, including wage replacement rate and leave duration, and of other types of leave beyond parental leave. The evidence on employers is similarly limited but indicates that PFML does not impose major burdens on them.
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- Research leaves adult family caregivers with fewer answers
- The evidence is mostly beneficial for new parents’ leave. It is thinner for employees caring for older children, adult family members, or elderly relatives.
- The article reviews evidence on the impacts of PFML policies on workers’ health, family well-being, and employer outcomes. An extensive body of research demonstrates mostly beneficial effects of PFML taken by new parents on infant, child, and parental health.
- Less is known about PFML’s impact on employees who need leave to care for older children, adult family members, or elderly relatives. Further research is needed to understand the effects of different policy parameters, including wage replacement rate and leave duration, and of other types of leave beyond parental leave.
- The evidence on employers is similarly limited but indicates that PFML does not impose major burdens on them.
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