Abstract Background The Covid-19 pandemic is straining healthcare systems in the US and
globally, which has wide-reaching implications for health. Women experience unique health …

This study explores the impact of Shelter‐in‐Place Orders (SIPOs) on health, with attention
to heterogeneity in their impacts. First, using daily state‐level social distancing data, we …

Vigorous legislative activity both for and against paid sick leave has occurred over the last
decade. Although a compelling body of evidence suggests that paid sick leave supports …

This analysis examines whether the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emergency sick
leave provision of the bipartisan Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) reduced …

This study analyzes the impact of large anti‐lockdown protests on the spread of SARS‐CoV‐
2 in Germany. Since protesters at such large gatherings are very mobile and largely neglect …

Research has demonstrated that paid sick leave reduces the spread of COVID-19 and other
infectious diseases and improves preventive care and access to treatment across a wide …

We study the impact of a temporary US paid sick leave mandate that became effective April
1st, 2020 on self‐quarantining, proxied by physical mobility behaviors gleaned from cellular …

ABSTRACT Using the National Compensation Survey from 2009 to 2022 and difference-in-
differences methods, we find that state-level sick pay mandates are effective in broadening …

Paid sick leave provides workers with paid time off to receive COVID-19 vaccines and to
recover from potential vaccine adverse effects. We hypothesized that US cities with paid sick …

We study US sick leave use and unaddressed sick leave needs in the midst of the global
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS COV 2) pandemic based on a …