Preventing the Current Trajectory of New York Mothers’
Labor Market Outcomes: A Case Study Using the
Agent Based Approach (ABA)

This analysis of New York State’s new Paid Family Leave(PFL) system utilizes an ABA method because data on current NewYork PFL outcomes are not yet ready for direct analysis. The NY PFLsystem map is made up of structural predictions based on a modelof the data available from California’s PFL system. Data used for thecreation of the three comparative systems (CA PFL, NY PFL, Mothers’Ideal PFL), is a combination of relevant literature, and qualitativesurvey responses from a survey of New York State birth mothers. Thegoal of this analysis was the creation of a recommendation rubric andset of recommendations that improve mothers’ labor market outcomes,through building comprehension of the differences between the shortand long term outcomes of PFL in CA. Results indicate that withoutapplying additional recommendations, the NY PFL system may followa similar short and long term outcome trajectory to those seen in theCA PFL system.