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Maya Rossin-Slater, PhD

  • Associate Professor, Health Policy
  • Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
  • Associate Professor, Economics (by courtesy)

Encina Commons,
615 Crothers Way Room 184,
Stanford, CA 94305-6006

Biography

Maya Rossin-Slater is an Associate Professor of Health Policy at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic and Policy Research (SIEPR), a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a Research Fellow at the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA). She received her PhD in Economics from Columbia University in 2013, and was an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara from 2013 to 2017, prior to coming to Stanford. Rossin-Slater’s research includes work in health, public, and labor economics. She focuses on issues in maternal and child well-being, family structure and behavior, and policies targeting disadvantaged populations in the United States and other developed countries.

publications

Working Papers
December 2022

The Impact of Paid Family Leave on Families with Health Shocks

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The Impact of Paid Family Leave on Families with Health Shocks
Working Papers
November 2022

Maternal and Infant Health Inequity: New Evidence From Linked Administrative Data

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Maternal and Infant Health Inequity: New Evidence From Linked Administrative Data
Working Papers
December 2020

Trauma at School: The Impacts of Shootings on Students' Human Capital and Economic Outcomes

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Trauma at School: The Impacts of Shootings on Students' Human Capital and Economic Outcomes

In The News

Black Mother & Infant in Hospital
News

Striking Inequalities in Infant and Maternal Health Point to Structural Racism and Access Issues

Research by Petra Persson and Maya Rossin-Slater on health inequality finds wealthy Black mothers and infants fare worse than the poorest white mothers and infants.
Striking Inequalities in Infant and Maternal Health Point to Structural Racism and Access Issues
A family enjoys a sunset
Q&As

The Real Benefits of Paid Family Leave

Paid family leave is not a “silver bullet” for advancing gender equity in the workplace, says Maya Rossin-Slater, but it is beneficial for family health and well-being outcomes, particularly infant and maternal health and overall financial stability.
The Real Benefits of Paid Family Leave
A father with his son and daughter (paid family leave)
News

New Study Shows Support for Paid Family Leave Grew During Pandemic

In a blow to arguments that a federal paid leave law would harm small businesses, a new study co-authored by SHP's Maya Rossin-Slater finds that support for paid leave among small employers is not only strong, but also increased as the pandemic added new strain to the work-life juggle.
New Study Shows Support for Paid Family Leave Grew During Pandemic
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