… i living in state s in period t, α i is set of individual fixed effects, λ t year fixed effects, and θ s
… Policyit is an indicator equal to one if a paid parental leave law is in effect in period t in state …

This paper uses IRS tax data to evaluate the short-and long-term effects of California’s 2004
Paid Family Leave Act (PFLA) on women’s careers. Our research design exploits the …

… T 1 i + γ 2 T 2 i + γ 3 T 3 i + X i ′ β + ϵ i Here y i measures outcome y for participant i, T 1
through T … , O w n is identical to T 1 , O l d is an indicator that aggregates T 2 and T 3 and X is a …

We examine the impact of forest loss on three infectious diseases attributed to modifiable
environmental factors in the last decade in Nigeria. Geolinking a new high-resolution dataset of …

… where Y it is the work outcome of interest for woman i in month t, ɑ i are individual fixed
effects and γ t are year fixed effects. Defining b i as the month a woman gives birth, then …

… a regression framework we estimate equations of the form:(1) B i r t h b y 17 i j k = α 0 + β 1
( N e a r i × A d o l e s c e n t j ) + β 2 N e a r i + β 3 A d o l e s c e n t j + X ′ i β 4 + X S A L ' β 5 …

We use employment data from the Current Population Survey to assess the efficacy of state-mandated
paid sick leave policies on leave-taking behavior. We find that these policies …

… Tanya Byker is an assistant professor of economics at Middlebury College. Her research
focuses on the interrelated choices individuals make about education, work, and parenthood. …

… LARC e , t treatment e month t = exp β 0 + β 1 treatment e + ∑ t = 1 t = 25 α … ) in month t. The
explanatory variable of interest is (treatment e ∗ I(month … Byker has no interests to declare. …

We study the effect of access to Emergency Paid Sick and Family Leave on leavetaking
behavior during the early months of the pandemic. We compare monthly paid absence from …