A Benefit-Cost Analysis of Child Care Subsidy Expansions: The New York State Case
This paper estimates the benefits and costs of a proposed New York State policy reform to provide child care subsidies to families up to three times the federal poverty line while supplementing child care worker compensation, alongside alternative program design options. It estimates a net present value of $12.4 billion in yearly social benefits relative to a yearly cost of $1.6 billion.
The Impact of Paid Family Leave on Employers: Evidence from New York
We surveyed New York and Pennsylvania firms to study the impacts of New York's 2018 Paid Family Leave policy on employer outcomes. We find that Paid Family Leave leads to an improvement in employers' rating of their ease of handling long employee absences.