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

•California was the first state in the United States to implement a paid family leave (PFL) program.•Rates of breastfeeding through the first 3, 6 and 9 months of infancy increased by 10–20 percentage points after the PFL.•We find evidence suggesting that the PFL program could contribute to the incr...

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Volume:	16
Main Author:	Huang, Rui Yang, Muzhe
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	AMSTERDAM Elsevier B.V 01.01.2015 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
published in:	Economics and human biology Vol. 16; pp. 45 - 59
Data of publication:	January 2015
ISSN:	1570-677X 1873-6130
EISSN:	1873-6130
Discipline:	Anatomy & Physiology Economics
Subjects:	California's paid family leave Maternity leave Breastfeeding Economics Business & Economics Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Social Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology Humans Infant Breast Feeding - statistics & numerical data California Women, Working - statistics & numerical data Mothers Socioeconomic Factors Parental Leave - legislation & jurisprudence Salaries and Fringe Benefits Parental Leave - statistics & numerical data Adult Female Infant, Newborn Labor law Breast feeding Family leave Index Medicus California Maternity leave I10 California's paid family leave Breastfeeding MOTHERS INITIATION EXPANSIONS PARENTAL LEAVE MANDATES CHILD HEALTH WORK OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT DURATION
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2015 Web of Science - Science Citation Index Expanded - 2015 Web of Knowledge Science Citation Index Expanded Web of Science MEDLINE (Ovid) PubMed MEDLINE MEDLINE MEDLINE Medline CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) MEDLINE - Academic Database information Databases - DBIS