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Maternal employment, breastfeeding, and health: Evidence from maternity leave mandates / Michael Baker, Kevin S. Milligan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baker, Michael.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w13188.
- NBER working paper series no. w13188
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Breastfeeding.
- Maternity leave.
- Infants--Health and hygiene.
- Infants.
- Breast Feeding.
- Infant.
- Parental Leave.
- Medical Subjects:
- Breast Feeding.
- Infant.
- Parental Leave.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- Maternal employment, breastfeeding, and health
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2007.
- Summary:
- Public health agencies around the world have renewed efforts to increase the incidence and duration of breastfeeding. Maternity leave mandates present an economic policy that could help achieve these goals. We study their efficacy focusing on a significant increase in maternity leave mandates in Canada. We find very large increases in mothers' time away from work post-birth and in the attainment of critical breastfeeding duration thresholds. However, we find little impact on the self-reported indicators of maternal and child health captured in our data.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- June 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 30-33).
- OCLC:
- 191818769
- Publisher Number:
- 206623 CaOOCEL (Public Documents)
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