Abby McCloskey, AEI, April 30, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the economic importance of healthy people and families — raising new questions about the role of US government policy in providing working adults access to paid leave during the pandemic and beyond. On April 30, AEI’s Angela Rachidi will summarize her recent research on paid leave access and use during the pandemic and the effectiveness of existing policies. Then AEI’s Scott Winship, Abby M. McCloskey of McCloskey Policy LLC, and Vicki Shabo of New America will join Dr. Rachidi to discuss the paid leave policy implications of what we have learned from the pandemic and assess the prospects for a national paid leave policy in the US.