Can Working Women and Men Afford to Take Paid Leave? A Comparative Study of the Level of Paid Leave Benefits and Poverty Thresholds in the OECD

Bose, B. and Raub, A. and Earle, A. and Heymann, J. (2019) Can Working Women and Men Afford to Take Paid Leave? A Comparative Study of the Level of Paid Leave Benefits and Poverty Thresholds in the OECD. [Publications (Pre-joining)]

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Abstract

Using a new comparative database of paid family and medical leave policies in 34 OECD countries, the article analyzes whether payments enable households of average and minimum wage workers to avoid poverty at three points during leave. The majority of countries ensure that benefits for average wage earners are above the poverty threshold during week one of paid parental leave, as well as of paid leave for personal illness and for family member’s health needs. However, in nearly all OECD countries benefits received during paid leave by minimum wage workers are below the poverty threshold for all types of paid leave in week one. This pattern is also seen at different time points.

Item Type:	Publications (Pre-joining)
Authors:	Bose, B. and Raub, A. and Earle, A. and Heymann, J.
Document Language:	Language English
Uncontrolled Keywords:	parental leave; family leave; medical leave; sick leave; benefits; poverty; comparative analysis; descriptive analysis; OECD
Subjects:	Social sciences > Sociology & anthropology Social sciences > Social problems & services
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Development
Full Text Status:	Restricted
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/6634
Publisher URL:	https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/13876988.2...

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