from the Infant Feeding Practices Study to examine the changes in breastfeeding practices in California relative to other … states before and after the implementation of PFL. We find an increase of 3–5 percentage points for exclusive breastfeeding … and an increase of 10–20 percentage points for breastfeeding at several important markers of early infancy. Our study …

This paper determines the factors that affect breastfeeding initiation and continuation in a low-income urban barangay … mother initially feeds her child with breast milk or not. On the other hand, continuation of breastfeeding is also attributed … fed initially with breast milk or not. This paper concludes that breastfeeding measures should therefore be aimed at …

This paper investigates whether breastfeeding affects 5- to 6-year old children's cognitive development using three U ….S. longitudinal data sets. The results for the full samples roughly point to a dose-response effect of breastfeeding on children …'s cognitive outcomes, with breastfeeding six months or more associated with about one-tenth of a standard deviation increase in …

any evidence that a long breastfeeding period has a payoff in terms of better health and nutrition. In contrast, it has a …

The first wave of historical studies of breastfeeding was instrumental in allowing economists, social scientists and …

A minimum of $3.6 billion would be saved if breastfeeding were increased from current levels (64 percent in … media, gastroenteritis, and necrotizing enterocolitis. This report reviews breastfeeding trends and previous studies that … assessed the economic benefits of breastfeeding. …

While the health benefits of breastfeeding for both mothers and children are well known, breastfeeding may make it … the old system. The current paper investigates whether this reform of parental leave impacted breastfeeding initiation and … 2012. Three breastfeeding measures are exploited 1) breastfeeding at birth or no breastfeeding initiation; 2) breastfeeding …

breastfeeding support services at weekends. We use this variation to estimate the effect of breastfeeding on childrenâ …€™s development for a sample of uncomplicated births from low educated mothers. We find that breastfeeding has large effects on … breastfeeding affects parental investments in the child and the quality of the mother-child relationship. …