Pregnancy through age three is the most critical period for children’s development. Yet the COVID-19 pandemic has battered working parents of young children, with what are likely to be significant and long-lasting negative consequences. In this brief, we propose a set...

As paid leave continues to receive increased attention in the United States, taking on new urgency amid the coronavirus pandemic, the AEI-Brookings Paid Leave Project has commissioned two reports providing new research and data on medical and caregiving leave.