The effect of breastfeeding on young adult wages: new evidence from the add health

A growing literature in economics has examined the effect of early childhood health investments on adult human capital formation and labor market outcomes. This study is the first to examine the effect of having been breastfed as an infant on young adult earnings. Using data from the National Longit...

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Volume:	15
Main Author:	Cesur, Resul Sabia, Joseph J Kelly, Inas Rashad Yang, Muzhe
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	New York Springer US 01.03.2017 SPRINGER Springer
published in:	Review of economics of the household Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 25 - 51
Data of publication:	20170300
ISSN:	1569-5239 1573-7152
EISSN:	1573-7152
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Economics Population Economics Parental investments Microeconomics Social Sciences, general Breastfeeding Wages Labor Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Economic aspects Young adults Breast feeding Health aspects Analysis United States Parental investments COGNITIVE OUTCOMES OBESITY RANDOMIZED-TRIAL INFANT Breastfeeding Wages MATERNAL EMPLOYMENT FORMULA CHILDHOOD BENEFITS
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2017 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS