Han Wen-Jui author Columbia University. Social Work Ruhm Christopher author Waldfogel Jane author Columbia University. Social Work Columbia University. Social Work originator text Articles 2009 manuscript version English We describe trends in maternal employment and leave-taking after birth of a newborn and analyze the extent to which these behaviors are influenced by parental leave policies. Data are from the June Current Population Survey (CPS) Fertility Supplements, merged with other months of the CPS, and cover the period 1987 to 1994. This time span is one during which parental leave legislation expanded at both the state and federal level. We also provide the first comprehensive examination of employment and leave-taking by fathers of infants. Our main finding is that leave expansions are associated with increased leave-taking by both mothers and fathers. The magnitudes of the changes are small in absolute terms but large relative to the baseline for men and much greater for college-educated or married mothers than for their less-educated or single counterparts. Individual and family studies Economics, Labor 28 1 29 54 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pam.20398 http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:14633 NNC NNC 2012-09-07 15:55:16 -0400 2012-09-07 16:04:42 -0400 8656 eng