TY  - JOUR
AB  - Family‐supportive employment benefits have become increasingly popular in recent years as an employer response to the increasing labor force participation of women, and the consequent need to balance work and family life. Economic theory predicts that these types of fringe benefits could at least partially pay for themselves through a combination of increased productivity and lower wages. A survey of 120 employers in an upstate New York county provides data on benefits packages and outcome measures that are used to test this hypothesis. We find that employers who offer flexible sick leave and child care assistance experience measurable reductions in turnover. Employers who offer benefits like flexible scheduling policies and child care also appear to offset part of the cost of these benefits by paying lower entry‐level wages than do their competitors.
VL  - 24
IS  - 3
SN  - 0143-7720
DO  - 10.1108/01437720310479723
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/01437720310479723
AU  - Baughman Reagan
AU  - DiNardi Daniela
AU  - Holtz‐Eakin Douglas
PY  - 2003
Y1  - 2003/01/01
TI  - Productivity and wage effects of “family‐friendly” fringe benefits
T2  - International Journal of Manpower
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 247
EP  - 259
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -