Mandated Sick Pay: Coverage, Utilization, and Welfare Effects

MacLean, Catherine H.; Pichler, Stefan; Ziebarth, Nicolas R.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3573302

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“…The US has weaker employment protections than other Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, and is only 1 of 3 OECD countries that do not provide universal access to paid sick leave . A lack of such social insurance policies likely contributes to the significant financial loss observed after injury.…”

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Analysis of Patient Income in the 5 Years Following a Fracture Treated Surgically

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Key Points Question How is orthopedic injury associated with changes in patient income? Findings In this cohort study at an urban, academic medical center in Maryland using state tax records, a fracture treated surgically was associated with a $9865 loss in annual individual earnings, a $5259 loss in annual household income, and a $206 increase in annual Social Security benefits over 5 years following injury. Meaning The gains in Social Security benefits associated with orthopedic injury do not offset the loss in income for the patient and their household.

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Analysis of Patient Income in the 5 Years Following a Fracture Treated Surgically

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“…Studies find that U.S. city and state PSL mandates in general increase PSL coverage among workers (Callison & Pesko, 2022;Maclean et al, 2020). However, most studies to date suggest that following a city or state PSL mandate, workers take additional paid leave (Ahn & Yelowitz, 2016;Callison & Pesko, 2022;Colla et al, 2014;Maclean et al, 2020;Schneider, 2020).…”

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Does paid sick leave encourage staying at home? Evidence from the United States during a pandemic

2023

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We study the impact of a temporary U.S. paid sick leave mandate that became effective April 1st, 2020 on self‐quarantining, proxied by physical mobility behaviors gleaned from cellular devices. We study this policy using generalized difference‐in‐differences methods, leveraging pre‐policy county‐level heterogeneity in the share of workers likely eligible for paid sick leave benefits. We find that the policy leads to increased self‐quarantining as proxied by staying home. We also find that COVID‐19 confirmed cases decline post‐policy.

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“…For example, while Pichler and Ziebarth (2020) find that paid sick leave laws have an insignificant effect on employment, Ahn and Yelowitz (2016) show that paid sick leave laws decrease employment. Similarly, while some works find an insignificant effect of paid sick leave laws on wages (including Pichler & Ziebarth, 2020) and other fringe benefits (MaClean et al, 2020), others find that paid sick leave laws decrease fringe benefits (Colla et al, 2014). This paper contributes to the growing debate on the impact of paid sick leave laws, looking beyond their impact on labor markets to examine how these laws impact the financial fragility of both consumers and firms, as measured by bankruptcy rates.…”

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The impact of paid sick leave laws on consumer and business bankruptcies

Miller

2022

J Empirical Legal Studies

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This paper examines how missed income due to illness impacts household fragility. Specifically, it shows that paid sick leave laws, which provide households insurance against illness-related income shocks, reduce consumer bankruptcy. Using a panel dataset at the county-quarter level, this paper exploits the geographic and temporal variation in the adoption of paid sick leave laws to implement a difference-in-differences and event study analysis. It finds that paid sick leave laws reduce consumer bankruptcy filings by approximately 11%; this effect is seen within three quarters of the law's implementation and remains constant in magnitude and significance thereafter. As paid sick leave laws may come at a cost to businesses, this paper also examines the impact of such laws on business bankruptcy filings-it shows that paid sick leave laws have little to no impact on business bankruptcy filings.

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Mandated Sick Pay: Coverage, Utilization, and Welfare Effects

Cited by 8 publications

References 83 publications

Analysis of Patient Income in the 5 Years Following a Fracture Treated Surgically

Analysis of Patient Income in the 5 Years Following a Fracture Treated Surgically

Does paid sick leave encourage staying at home? Evidence from the United States during a pandemic

The impact of paid sick leave laws on consumer and business bankruptcies

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