Are State Paid Family and Medical Leave Programs a Safety Net for Working Single Mothers?

Heather D. Hill; Marci Ybarra; Julia Goodman; Elizabeth Pelletier

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Are State Paid Family and Medical Leave Programs a Safety Net for Working Single Mothers?

Heather D. Hill, Marci Ybarra, Julia Goodman, Elizabeth Pelletier

RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences May 2026, 12 (1) 146-171; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2026.12.1.06

Heather D. Hill

aProfessor at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, University of Washington, Seattle, United States

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Marci Ybarra

bProfessor and the director at the Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin, Madison, United States

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Julia Goodman

cAssociate professor at the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences at the Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, United States

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Elizabeth Pelletier

dPhD student at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, University of Washington, Seattle, United States

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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences May 2026, 12 (1) 146-171; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2026.12.1.06

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Heather D. Hill, Marci Ybarra, Julia Goodman, Elizabeth Pelletier

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