Although paid family leave (PFL) has the potential to improve labor market and other outcomes for mothers, there is also concern that PFL might also lead to discrimination against women of childbearing age. We examine the impact of California's paid family leave law (CA-PFL) on labor market outcomes over time during the post-law decade, as well as the law's effect for groups with differing levels of education. Results indicate that the law had negligible impacts on young women's labor force participation, unemployment duration, and earnings, but persistent small negative impacts on their relative employment. The negative employment impacts are concentrated among college-educated women, for whom the law is associated with a 2–3 percentage point decrease in labor force participation and a 1–2 percentage point decline in employment. The CA-PFL does not appear to have impacted the relative labor force participation, employment, unemployment duration, or earnings of less-educated young females.

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带薪育儿假对劳动力市场的长期影响

尽管带薪家事假 (PFL) 有可能改善母亲的劳动力市场和其他结果，但也有人担心 PFL 也可能导致对育龄妇女的歧视。我们研究了加州的带薪家事假法 (CA-PFL) 在法律后十年随着时间的推移对劳动力市场结果的影响，以及该法律对不同教育水平群体的影响。结果表明，该法律对年轻女性的劳动力参与、失业持续时间和收入的影响可以忽略不计，但对其相对就业的负面影响持续较小。负面就业影响集中在受过大学教育的女性身上，对她们而言，法律与劳动力参与率下降 2-3 个百分点和就业下降 1-2 个百分点有关。