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  • Socioeconomic Health Impacts

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  • Access to paid sick leave is a critical component of worker well-being and public health.
  • Existing disparities in paid sick leave coverage across different job types and firms persist.
  • The impact of state-level mandates on paid sick leave access and utilization requires comprehensive analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of state-level paid sick leave mandates in the United States.
  • To quantify the impact of these mandates on sick pay coverage, inequality, and leave utilization.
  • To investigate the phenomenon of
  • job upscaling
  • as a firm response to mandates.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the National Compensation Survey data spanning 2009 to 2022.
  • Employed difference-in-differences methods to assess the causal impact of sick pay mandates.
  • Analyzed changes in sick pay coverage, inequality metrics, and sick leave usage rates.

Main Results:

  • State sick pay mandates effectively broadened access to paid sick leave, increasing coverage by 30 percentage points from a 63% baseline 5 years post-mandate.
  • Mandates substantially reduced inequality in paid sick leave access across and within firms, with greater impact in jobs with low pre-mandate coverage.
  • Sick leave use increased to 2.4 days per year for marginal jobs 5 years post-mandate, and COVID-19 reinforced coverage trends. Firms engaged in
  • job upscaling
  • , offering additional benefits.

Conclusions:

  • State-level paid sick leave mandates are a successful policy tool for expanding worker benefits and reducing socioeconomic disparities.
  • The observed
  • job upscaling
  • suggests firms adapt to mandates by enhancing overall job quality to attract and retain employees.
  • Findings highlight the positive ripple effects of paid sick leave policies on both worker access and firm-level employment strategies.