69% Oppose Creating Federal Paid Leave Program If It Harms Women ’s Career Prospects

The national  Cato 2018 Paid Leave Survey of 1,700 adults finds widespread support for creating a federal paid leave program, with 74% in favor. However, 69% of Americans would oppose establishing a federal paid leave program if it meant that fewer women would get promoted and become managers. But would establishing a federal program actu ally do this? Research suggests that it could and that’s why we asked about it on the survey:Read about the full survey results and methodology here.First, let ’s consider the different career outcomes between women in the United States and women in Western Europe and Scandinavia. Academic research finds that American women are more likely to rise up the corporate ladder than their European counterparts who have access to generous family social welfare programs. An analysis of OECD countries reveals that American women are about 3 to 14 times as likely as Scandinavian women to be employed as managers with 14.6% of American women who are managers compared to 4.6% of Norwegian, 4.2% of Swedish, and 1% of Danish women. American women are also more likely than women in France (5.1%), the United Kingdom (7.8%), Germany (2.7%), and the Netherlands (3.6%) to hold managerial positions.  Another measure of corporate success is the share of women who serve on company executive committees —these include the CEO and those who directly report to the CEO. The 20-First’s 2018 Global Gender Balance Scorecardfinds that a majority —53%—of ...
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