Paid Family Leave | Research and Publications

The Case for Family Leave Insurance

12.01.2004 | Family leave insurance offers a simple solution to one of the most important problems facing workers and businesses in Washington state. It provides a cost-effective way to help individuals balance their responsibilities to their jobs and their families while helping businesses remain competitive | Read

Building Winnable Strategies for Paid Family Leave in the States

10.01.2002 | Washington’s experience can be instructive for state advocates pondering the best strategies for moving forward. | Read

Family Leave Insurance Activity Across the United States

10.01.2002 | A survey of family leave insurance activity around the country | Read (pdf) | Visit (web)

The Power of the Bottom Line: Policy Implications of Cost Estimates for Paid Family Leave and Social Security

06.01.2001 | As policy analysts and scholars, most of us devote a great deal of time and thought to the details and assumptions behind the bottom line numbers. But once we have produced and published a number, it takes on a life of its own. The bottom line number gets reported and used by people on all sides of an issue, severed from the multiple assumptions and careful qualifications that tempered and grounded it. | Read