COVID-19 Emergency Sick Leave Has Helped Flatten The Curve In The United States
COVID-19 Emergency Sick Leave Has Helped Flatten The Curve In The United States
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DOI：
10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00863
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发表时间：
2020-12-01
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影响因子：
9.7
通讯作者：
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.
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作者：
Pichler, Stefan;Wen, Katherine;Ziebarth, Nicolas R.
这项分析研究了两党《家庭第一冠状病毒应对法案》（FFCRA）的2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）紧急病假规定是否减少了病毒的传播。使用差异中的差异策略，我们比较了工人获得带薪病假权利的州（治疗组）与工人在FFCRA之前已经获得带薪病假的州（对照组）新报告的COVID-19病例的变化。我们调整了检测、每周报告、结构状态差异、一般病毒动态和政策（如居家订单）的差异。与对照组相比，相对于FFCRA之前的时期，通过FFCRA获得带薪病假的州每天每个州的确诊病例减少了约400例。这一估计数相当于每1 300名新获得最多两周带薪病假选择权的工人每天大约有一例预防病例。
This analysis examines whether the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emergency sick leave provision of the bipartisan Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) reduced the spread of the virus. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, we compared changes in newly reported COVID-19 cases in states where workers gained the right to take paid sick leave (treatment group) versus in states where workers already had access to paid sick leave (control group) before the FFCRA. We adjusted for differences in testing, day-of-the-week reporting, structural state differences, general virus dynamics, and policies such as stay-at-home orders. Compared with the control group and relative to the pre-FFCRA period, states that gained access to paid sick leave through the FFCRA saw around 400 fewer confirmed cases per state per day. This estimate translates into roughly one prevented case per day per 1,300 workers who had newly gained the option to take up to two weeks of paid sick leave.