Ochshorn Susan author Skinner Curtis author Columbia University. National Center for Children in Poverty Columbia University. National Center for Children in Poverty originator text Reports New York National Center for Children in Poverty, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University 2012 This paper provides a brief history of paid family leave policy, in the United States and abroad; synthesizes cutting-edge knowledge about paid leave and its impact on family and civic life; and concludes with a set of recommendations – for policymakers, researchers, public health and early childhood stakeholders, business leaders, and federal, state, and local education agencies – to guide the work going forward. Individual and family studies