Citations

  1. Pan Atlantic Research (October, 2022). The 59th Pan Atlantic Research Omnibus Poll.

  2. Main Street Alliance. (2017). National Paid Family and Medical Leave: A Proposal for Small Business Success. 

  3. Rainville, Chuck, Laura Skufca, and Laura Mehegan. (2016.) Family Caregiving and Out-of-Pocket Costs: 2016 Report. Washington, DC: AARP Research.

  4. Houser, L., & Vartanian, T. P. (2012, January). Pay Matters: The Positive Economic Impact of Paid Family Leave for Families, Businesses and the Public. Center for Women and Work at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey Publication. Retrieved 26 September 2018.

  5. Fahle, S. F., & McGarry, K. M. (2018). Women Working Longer: Increased Employment at Older Ages. University of Chicago Press.

  6. Oxfam America. (2013). Hard Work, Hard Lives: Survey Exposes Harsh Reality Faced by Low-Wage Workers in the US.

  7. Center for American Progress, Glynn, S. J. G., & Corley, D. C. (2016, September). The Cost of Work-Family Policy Inaction.

  8. Chatterji, P. C., & Markowitz, S. M. (2012). Family Leave After Childbirth and the Mental Health of New Mothers. The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 67.

  9. Ibid.

  10. Chai Y, Nandi A, Heymann J. Does extending the duration of legislated paid maternity leave improve breastfeeding practices? Evidence from 38 low-income and middle-income countries. BMJ Global Health 2018; 3:e001032.

Web Page Citations

  1. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2021). National compensation survey: Employee benefits in the United States, March 2021 (Tables 17 & 33). Retrieved from www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/benefits/2021/employee-benefits-in-the-united-states-march2021.pdf

  2. Fahle, S. F., & McGarry, K. M. (2018). Women Working Longer: Increased Employment at Older Ages. University of Chicago Press.

  3. MetLife Mature Market Institute. (2011). The MetLife Study of Caregiving Costs to Working Caregivers: Double Jeopardy for Baby Boomers Caring for Their Parents. Retrieved from www.metlife.com/assets/cao/mmi/publications/studies/2011/Caregiving-Costs-to-Working-Caregivers.pdf

  4. Edris, N et al. (2020). Maine State Plan on Aging Needs Assessment: Summary of Findings March 2020. Retrieved from www.maine.gov/dhhs/sites/maine.gov.dhhs/files/inline-files/2020-2024_Maine_State_Plan_on_Aging_Needs_Assessment_Report.pdf

  5. Chatterji, P. C., & Markowitz, S. M. (2012). Family leave after childbirth and the mental health of new mothers. The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 67.

  6. Ibid.

  7. Chai Y, Nandi A, Heymann J. Does extending the duration of legislated paid maternity leave improve breastfeeding practices? Evidence from 38 low-income and middle-income countries. BMJ Global Health 2018; 3:e001032.

  8. Shabo, V. (2023, January 24). Rural Mainers need paid leave to navigate long distances to hospital-based health services. New America. https://www.newamerica.org/better-life-lab/blog/mainers-need-paid-leave-to-navigate-long-distances-to-hospital-based-health-services/

  9. Ibid.

Health & Families Fact Sheet Citations

  1. Laughlin, L. (2011, October). Maternity Leave and Employment Patterns of First-Time Mothers: 1961- 2008. U.S. Census Bureau Publication. Retrieved from www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p70- 128.pdf

  2. Appelbaum, E., & Milkman, R. (2013). Unfinished Business: Paid Family Leave in California and the Future of U.S. Work-Family Policy (pp. 78-79). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

  3. Jones, K. & Wilcher, B. (2019). Reducing Maternal Labor Market Detachment: A Role for Paid Family Leave. Retrieved from: econpapers.repec.org/paper/amuwpaper/2019-07.htm

  4. Small Business Majority. (2017, March 30). Small Businesses Support Paid Family Leave Programs. Retrieved from www.smallbusinessmajority.org/our-research/workforce/small-businesses-supportpaid-family-leave-programs

Small Business Fact Sheet Citations