Paternal involvement in children's lives is associated with a variety of child outcomes,
including improved cognition, improved mental health, reduced obesity rates, and asthma …

After decades of convergence, the gender gap in employment outcomes has recently
plateaued in many rich countries, despite the fact that women have increased their …

Maternity and family leave policies enable mothers to take time off work to prepare for and
recover from childbirth and to care for their new children. While there is substantial variation …

Using data from the 1997 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY‐97),
we examine the effects of California's paid family leave program (CA‐PFL) on mothers' and …

Despite the powerful effects of social and behavioral factors on health, development, and
longevity, US health policy has largely ignored them. The United States spends far more …

Abstract In 2011, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published a technical report on
the lifelong effects of early toxic stress on human development, and included a new …

This review is based on the international and Australian literature on paid parental leave. It
does not aim to be exhaustive but focuses on the impact paid parental leave has on the …

Work-family policies—such as parental leave and flextime—can help to facilitate gender
equality in workplaces and in families. But policy use is typically low, varies significantly from …

Surprisingly few studies have focused on paternity leave-taking in the US. This study utilizes
data from three national datasets to provide a comprehensive examination of the attitudes …

In this investigation, we examined the associations between state-level structural sexism—a
multidimensional index of gender inequities across economic, political, and cultural domains …