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 …

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 …

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 …

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

We study postpartum decisions about paid work and breastfeeding using a simultaneous equations model. For our sample of … duration and duration of any, as well as of exclusive, breastfeeding, and daily work hours and daily breastfeedings at infant … age 3 months. We find that returning to paid work 1 week earlier reduces any breastfeeding duration by about two-thirds of …

Much research shows that breastfeeding provides short- and long-term health benefits for both mothers and their … children. However, few studies have yet investigated the factors which may promote or inhibit breastfeeding practices in Japan …. To fill this research gap, this paper uses data newly gathered in 2012 on breastfeeding initiation and duration for each …

and infant food with a view to the protection and promotion of breastfeeding and ensuring the proper use of infant foods …