The Short-Run Impacts of Connecticut’s Paid Sick Leave Legislation

Ahn, Thomas and Yelowitz, Aaron (2014): The Short-Run Impacts of Connecticut’s Paid Sick Leave Legislation.

Abstract

In 2012, Connecticut became the first state to enact paid sick leave legislation. Using a difference-in-differences framework, we find the law had modest but negative effects on the labor market, particularly on the likelihood of working in the past week.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Paid sick leave, Mandated benefits, Difference-in-differences, Fringe benefits, Employment
• Subjects: H - Public Economics > H7 - State and Local Government ; Intergovernmental Relations > H75 - State and Local Government: Health ; Education ; Welfare ; Public Pensions; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I12 - Health Behavior; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I18 - Government Policy ; Regulation ; Public Health; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs > J33 - Compensation Packages ; Payment Methods; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs > J38 - Public Policy

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