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The Effects of California Paid Family Leave on Labor Force Participation Among Low-income Mothers One Year after Childbirth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2021

JI YOUNG KANG Open the ORCID record for JI YOUNG KANG [Opens in a new window] ,
AREUM LEE ,
EUNSUN KWON  and
SOJUNG PARK
JI YOUNG KANG
Affiliation:
Department of Social Welfare, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro Yuseong-gu Daejeon, South Korea email: [email protected]
AREUM LEE
Affiliation:
Asian Pacific Counseling and Treatment Center, 11050 E. Artesia Blvd., #F, Cerritos, CA, 90703 email: [email protected]
EUNSUN KWON
Affiliation:
Department of Social Work, St. Cloud State University, 229 Stewart Hall, 720 4th Avenue South, St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498, USA email: [email protected]
SOJUNG PARK
Affiliation:
Brown School of Social Work at Washington University One Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO 63105 email: [email protected]
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Journal of Social Policy , Volume 51 , Issue 4 , October 2022 , pp. 707 - 727
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