2022
DOI: 10.1057/s41271-022-00371-9
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Paid sick leave policy impacts on health and care utilization in the United States: why policy design matters

Abstract: The link between policy design choices and health is an important, yet understudied area of public health research. I investigate the impact of the generosity, inclusion, and autonomy of state paid sick leave laws on influenza-like-illness (ILI) rates and its components using data from the Centers for Disease Control and state-level paid sick leave statutes. I found that paid sick leave policies that include small firms and that allow for a larger number of medical uses have lower ILI rates, relative to states… Show more

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“…Table 1 includes the article characteristics including study design, data source, population, setting, unit of analysis, and whether or not the paper substantively focused on legally mandated PSL. Thirteen studies were quasi-experimental in nature, 12,[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] generally utilizing a difference-in-differences approach. The remaining studies were observational in nature, many using panel and longitudinal data for analysis.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Table 1 includes the article characteristics including study design, data source, population, setting, unit of analysis, and whether or not the paper substantively focused on legally mandated PSL. Thirteen studies were quasi-experimental in nature, 12,[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] generally utilizing a difference-in-differences approach. The remaining studies were observational in nature, many using panel and longitudinal data for analysis.…”
Section: As Illustrated Inmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…15,36 Additional data sources include the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), 27,[37][38][39] National Core Indicators (NCI), 40,41 the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 16,21,42 and The Shift Project. 25,29 Ten other panel data sources were used 16,19,20,26,28,[43][44][45][46][47] along with 12 unique data sets collected independently by the study's authors.…”
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confidence: 99%
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