Prior to and during the COVID-19 crisis, politicians on both sides of the aisle recognized the need for a better family leave policy in America. It is important to first survey existing literature to identify the range of effects that policymakers might expect to see from an expansion in paid family leave. In this paper, Rachel Anderson, Director of the Families Valued Project at the Center for Public Justice, and Lyman Stone, Institute for Family Studies Research Fellow and American Enterprise Institute Adjunct Fellow, focus on paid parental leave, a topic that has garnered a sizable body of research.
Check out the policy brief on A Child-Focused Paid Parental Leave Policy for the U.S.: