ArticleJournal of social policy2020
If I [Take] Leave, Will You Stay? Paternity Leave and Relationship Stability.
Article in Journal of social policy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Formal Parental Leave Policies and Trainee Well-Being in US Graduate Medical Education: A Systematic Review.Journal of graduate medical education · 2024Pooled it
- More than Snuggles: The Effect of Paid Family Leave on Infant Maltreatment.Child maltreatment · 2026Article
- Paternity leave, supportive involvement, and maternal postpartum adjustment: parity-stratified associations in a structural equation model.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Paternity leave, mental health and wellbeing for new parents: evidence from a national survey in the UK.SSM - population health · 2025Article
- The Impacts of New York State's Paid Family Leave Policy on Parents' Sleep and Exercise.Maternal and child health journal · 2024Article
- Pregnancy and parental leave in medicine and academia - a focus on urology.Nature reviews. Urology · 2023Article
- Paid Family Leave: An Upstream Intervention to Prevent Family Violence.Journal of family violence · 2023Review
- To leave or not to leave: American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) panel discussion on personal, parental, and family leave.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2023Article
- Paid Leave for Fathers: Policy, Practice, and Reform.The Milbank quarterly · 2022Article
- Perspectives of General Surgery Program Directors on Paternity Leave During Surgical Training.JAMA surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
Recent European studies suggest that fathers' leave-taking may contribute to parental relationship stability. Paternity leave-taking may signal a commitment by fathers toward a greater investment in family life, which may reduce the burden on mothers and strengthen parental relationships. This study uses longitudinal data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) to analyze the association between paternity leave-taking and relationship stability in the United States. Results indicate that paternity leave-taking, and taking relatively short leaves (i.e., two weeks or less) in particular, is associated with greater relationship stability. These findings increase our understanding of the potential benefits of paternity leave, and can inform policy decisions that aim to increase family stability.
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