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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2024
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
Upjohn Institute Working Paper No. 24-396
Verlag: 
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, MI
Zusammenfassung: 
We investigate the impact of Seattle's Paid Sick and Safety Time (PSST) policy on workers' quarterly hours worked and separation hazard. Using Unemployment Insurance records from before and after the implementation of PSST, we examine individual-level employment behavior at the extensive and intensive margins and compare Seattle workers to workers in Washington state using a difference-indifferences strategy. Importantly, we consider how impacts vary by employment characteristics, including worker wage rate and tenure, and by firm characteristics, including industry and firm size. We find that PSST increased workers' quarterly hours by 4.42 hours per quarter, or around 18 hours per year. While there was no overall impact on workers' separation hazard rates, we observed a 10 percent decrease in separations for workers in firms with more than 50 employees following PSST implementation. Our findings indicate that paid sick leave policies may support workers in increasing their hours and, to a lesser extent, may reduce turnover.
Schlagwörter: 
sick pay mandates
hours worked
low-wage employment
JEL: 
I18
J08
J63
J68
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