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The effect of breastfeeding on children's cognitive and noncognitive development
Borra, Cristina; Iacovou, Maria; Sevilla-Sanz, Almudena - 2012
This paper uses propensity score matching methods to investigate the relationship between breastfeeding and children …'s cognitive and noncognitive development. We find that breastfeeding for four weeks is positively and statistically significantly … associated with higher cognitive test scores, by around one tenth of a standard deviation. The association between breastfeeding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009558933
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The Effect of Breastfeeding on Children's Cognitive and Noncognitive Development
Borra, Cristina - 2012
This paper uses propensity score matching methods to investigate the relationship between breastfeeding and children …'s cognitive and noncognitive development. We find that breastfeeding for four weeks is positively and statistically significantly … associated with higher cognitive test scores, by around one tenth of a standard deviation. The association between breastfeeding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104046
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The effect of breastfeeding on children's cognitive and noncognitive development
Borra, Cristina; Iacovou, Maria; Sevilla, Almudena - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 19 (2012) 4, pp. 496-515
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009690223
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Work and breastfeeding decisions are jointly determined for higher socioeconomic status US mothers
Mandal, Bidisha; Roe, Brian; Fein, Sara B. - In: Review of Economics of the Household 12 (2014) 2, pp. 237-257
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010410250
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The effect of breastfeeding on young adult wages : new evidence from the add health
Cesur, Resul; Sabia, Joseph J.; Kelly, Inas Rashad; … - In: Review of Economics of the Household 15 (2017) 1, pp. 25-51
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011748247
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Returning to work after childbirth : maternal experiences and spillover-crossover effects on the infant
Beijers, Roseriet - In: Maintaining a sustainable work-life balance : an …, (pp. 139-145). 2024
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014582667
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Height and the disease environment of children : the association between mortality and height in the Netherlands 1850-1940
Quanjer, Björn - In: The economic history review 77 (2024) 2, pp. 391-415
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014534677
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Place of work and place of residence : informal hiring networks and labor market outcomes
Bayer, Patrick J.; Ross, Stephen L.; Topa, Giorgio - 2005
We use a novel dataset and research design to empirically detect the effect of social interactions among neighbors on labor market outcomes. Specifically, using Census data that characterize residential and employment locations down to the city block, we examine whether individuals residing in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003809184
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Employment, inequality and the UK national minimum wage over the medium-term
Dolton, Peter J.; Rosazza-Bondibene, Chiara; Wadsworth, … - 2010
This paper assesses the impact of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) on employment and inequality in the UK over the decade since its introduction in 1999. Identification is facilitated by using variation in the bite of the NMW across local labour markets and the different sized year on year up...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009155048
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Decomposing the sources of earnings inequality : assessing the role of reallocation
Andersson, Fredrik; Davis, Elizabeth E.; Freedman, Matthew - 2011
This paper exploits longitudinal employer-employee matched data from the U.S. Census Bureau to investigate the contribution of worker and firm reallocation to changes in earnings inequality within and across industries between 1992 and 2003. We find that factors that cannot be measured using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523529