Impact of Paid Family and Medical Leave in Michigan
This brief presents estimates of benefits, costs, interactions with other means-tested programs, and impact on poverty.
This analysis was conducted for the proposed Michigan Family Leave Optimal Coverage (FLOC) Act of 2023 as part of the Department of Labor (DOL) Women’s Bureau study, “Understanding Equity in Paid leave through Microsimulation.”
Using an enhanced version of the Department of Labor’s Worker Paid Leave Usage Simulation (Worker PLUS) model, in concert with the Urban Institute’s Analysis of Taxes, Transfers and Income Security (ATTIS) model, 2 we examine the following questions:
- How much would workers have been projected to receive in benefits, and how would they have been distributed by demographic group and benefit type under the Michigan FLOC Act of 2023?
- Would benefits under the FLOC Act have reduced poverty overall and for families who took benefits? By how much? How would taxes and participation in other safety net programs have been affected?
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