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Why do mothers breastfeed girls less than boys? : evidence and implications for child and health in India
Jayachandran, Seema; Kuziemko, Ilyana - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003851194
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Why do mothers breastfeed girls less than boys? : evidence and implication for child health in India
Jayachandran, Seema; Kuziemko, Ilyana - 2009
"Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. We model the implications for breastfeeding decisions and test the model's predictions using survey data from India. First, we find that breastfeeding increases with birth order, since mothers near or beyond their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003856934
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Why do mothers breastfeed girls less than boys? : Evidence and implications for child health in India
Jayachandran, Seema; Kuziemko, Ilyana - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003880880
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Why do mothers breastfeed girls less than boys? : evidence and implications for child health in India
Jayachandran, Seema; Kuziemko, Ilyana - In: The quarterly journal of economics 126 (2011) 3, pp. 1485-1538
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Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less Than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India
Jayachandran, Seema - 2009
Because breastfeeding protects against water- and food-borne disease, our model also makes predictions regarding health outcomes. We find that child-mortality patterns mirror those of breastfeeding with respect to gender and its interactions with birth order and ideal family size. Our results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463608
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Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India
Jayachandran, Seema - 2010
Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. We model the implications for breastfeeding decisions and test the model's predictions using survey data from India. First, we find that breastfeeding increases with birth order, since mothers near or beyond their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013152568
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The Negligible Effect of Free Contraception on Fertility : Experimental Evidence from Burkina Faso
Dupas, Pascaline; Jayachandran, Seema; Lleras-Muney, Adriana - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
limited access to contraception is an important driver of high fertility rates in West Africa. We do not find support for this … hypothesis. Women who were given free access to medical contraception for three years did not have lower birth rates; we can … demand for free contraception, specifically misperceptions about the child mortality rate, limited exposure to opposing views …
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The negligible effect of free contraception on fertility : experimental evidence from Burkina Faso
Dupas, Pascaline; Jayachandran, Seema; Lleras-Muney, Adriana - 2024
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014547354
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The negligible effect of free contraception on fertility : experimental evidence from Burkina Faso
Dupas, Pascaline; Jayachandran, Seema; Lleras-Muney, Adriana - 2024
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014581052
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Does Contraceptive Use Always Reduce Breast-feeding?
Jayachandran, Seema - In: Demography 51 (2014) 3, pp. 917-937
Previous studies suggest that access to modern contraceptives can reduce breast-feeding rates because women who had been using breast-feeding to avoid pregnancy substitute away from it. This article shows that contraceptive use can also have a positive effect on breast-feeding. A mother often...
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