Paid maternity leave and breastfeeding practice before and after California's implementation of the nation's first paid family leave program

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 16, Issue , 2015, Pages 45-59

  Huang, Rui ^a   Yang, Muzhe ^b  

^a Bates White LLC   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; California's paid family leave; Maternity leave

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; BREAST PUMP; FAMILY LEAVE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY LEAVE; MEDICAL LEAVE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; INFANT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; PARENTAL LEAVE; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 84920731808     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2013.12.009     Document Type: Article

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