Parental Leave Policy: a Comparison Source: Rebecca Ray Et

question 21

Multiple Choice

Parental leave policy: A Comparison Source: Rebecca Ray et al.,"Parental Leave Policies: Assessing Generosity and Gender Equality," Report of the
Center for Economic and Policy Research,June 2009,p.6.Updated by the authors.
-Based on the graph,how does parental leave in the U.S.compare with other democracies?

• A)The U.S.has longer unpaid leave than many other democracies.-Consider This: The majority of countries on this graph have longer paid and unpaid leave than the U.S.
• B)Other democracies offer single parent families more leave than the U.S.
• C)The U.S.is the only nation that does not offer paid parental leave.
• D)Other democracies provide a year of paid leave to new parents.

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