Family and Medical Leave
Including Pregnancy and Bonding Leave
The Effects of California's Paid Family Leave Program on Mothers' Leave-Taking and Subsequent Labor Market Outcomes 
Maya Rossin-Slater (Columbia University)
Christopher Ruhm (University of Virginia & National Bureau of Economic Research)
Jane Waldfogel (Columbia University)
Fact Sheet: Parental Leave and the Health of Infants, Children and Mothers
Human Impact Partners
Awareness of California’s Paid Family Leave Program Remains Limited,
Especially Among Those Who Would Benefit From It Most
Eileen Appelbaum and Ruth Milkman
Center for Economic and Policy Research & UCLA/CUNY
Reforming Family and Medical Leave Laws: Promoting Health and Economic Security for California's Working Families
Berkeley Center on Health, Economic & Family Security, UC Berkeley School of Law & Labor Project for Working Families
Leaves that Pay: Employer and Worker Experiences with Paid Family Leave in California
Eileen Appelbaum and Ruth Milkman
Center for Economic and Policy Research & UCLA/CUNY
A Guide to Implementing Paid Family Leave: Lessons from California
Netsy Firestein, Ann O’Leary and Zoe Savitsky
Labor Project for Working Families & Berkeley Center for Health, Economic and Family Security
Newborn Family Leave: Effect on Children, Parents and Business
This 2009 report, released by the Packard Foundation to mark the five year anniversary of California's Paid Family Leave program, synthesizes the most significant research on newborn family leave and provides a broad view of leave's economic and social impacts.
Paid Family Leave in California – Research Brief
A 2004 statewide study by the California Family Leave Research Project that looks at public attitude and knowledge of the law as well as possible utilization rates.
Paid Family Leave in California: An Analysis of Costs and Benefits
Arindrajit “Arin” Dube and Ethan Kaplan
University of Chicago and University of California, Berkeley
Balancing Work and Family
Rona Sheriff
California Senate Office on Research