with birth order, since mothers near or beyond their desired total fertility are more likely to make use of the …"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 desired total fertility are more likely to make use of the …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 desired total fertility are more likely to make use of the … female child mortality in India, or about 22,000 "missing girls" each year …Medical research indicates that breastfeeding suppresses post-natal fertility. We model the implications for …

positive selection in the health of the children being born. I use a family planning intervention which gave thousands of long … mothers, with Black mothers experiencing a greater reduction in magnitude, but smaller reductions as a percentage of the …