the differential educational expectations mothers have for their daughters and sons, and consequently their children …'s later educational outcomes and labour supply. We find that mothers' and children's gender role attitudes, measured some 25 …-traditional attitudes from mothers to their children explain a substantive part of gender inequalities in economic opportunities, and that …

This paper uses propensity score matching methods to investigate the relationship between breastfeeding and children … and noncognitive development is weaker, and is restricted to children of less educated mothers. We conclude that … interventions which increase breastfeeding rates would improve not only children's health, but also their cognitive skills, and …