Work and breastfeeding decisions are jointly determined for higher socioeconomic status US mothers

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 237-257

  Mandal, Bidisha ^a   Roe, Brian E ^b   Fein, Sara B ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Duration; Elasticity; Employment; Intensity; Postpartum; Simultaneous model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899648176     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-012-9152-y     Document Type: Article

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