TY - JOUR
T1 - The short-run impacts of Connecticut’s paid sick leave legislation
AU - Ahn, Thomas
AU - Yelowitz, Aaron
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2015/10/13
Y1 - 2015/10/13
N2 - In 2012, Connecticut became the first state to enact paid sick leave legislation. Using a difference-in-differences framework, we find the law had modest but negative effects on the labour market, particularly on the likelihood of working in the past week.
AB - In 2012, Connecticut became the first state to enact paid sick leave legislation. Using a difference-in-differences framework, we find the law had modest but negative effects on the labour market, particularly on the likelihood of working in the past week.
KW - difference-in-differences
KW - employment
KW - fringe benefits
KW - mandated benefits
KW - paid sick leave
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84938549660
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U2 - 10.1080/13504851.2015.1023934
DO - 10.1080/13504851.2015.1023934
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84938549660
SN - 1350-4851
VL - 22
SP - 1267
EP - 1272
JO - Applied Economics Letters
JF - Applied Economics Letters
IS - 15
ER -