Abstract
The authors present a four-fold conceptual framework of union roles—with a focus on availability, awareness, affordability, and assurance—for enhancing workers’ paid maternity leave use. Using a panel data set of working women up to age 31 constructed from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, the authors find union-represented workers to be at least 17% more likely to use paid maternity leave than are comparable non-union workers. Additional results suggest that availability, awareness, and affordability contribute to this differential leave-taking. The authors also document a post-leave wage growth penalty for paid leave-takers, but do not find a significant union–non-union difference.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 662-692 |
Number of pages | 31 |
Journal | ILR Review |
Volume | 72 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 1 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- female labor
- labor union
- maternity benefits
- work–family policies