"The NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health provides summaries of publications like this. You can sign up to receive the … NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health by email. The choice to breastfeed rather than formula-feed an infant as well as the … possibility of confounding with other inputs that promote child health. This study uses the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey …

Public health agencies around the world have renewed efforts to increase the incidence and duration of breastfeeding … significant increase in maternity leave mandates in Canada. We find very large increases in mothers' time away from work post …-reported indicators of maternal and child health captured in our data. …