Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1485-1538

  Jayachandran, Seema ^a,b   Kuziemko, Ilyana ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; FAMILY STRUCTURE; FERTILITY; GENDER RELATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

INDIA;

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WEANING;

BIRTH ORDER; BREAST FEEDING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; WEANING;

EID: 80052746005     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjr029     Document Type: Article

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