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dc.contributor.authorIacovou, Mariaen
dc.contributor.authorSevilla-Sanz, Almudenaen
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-20-
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-06T14:52:46Z-
dc.date.available2012-11-06T14:52:46Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/65950-
dc.description.abstractThis paper uses Propensity Score Matching to investigate the causal effect of breastfeeding on children's cognitive development. There is a strong association between breastfeeding and cognitive outcomes; however, it is notoriously difficult to establish whether this is causal, or whether it arises because mothers who breastfeed tend to be those whose children would do better anyway. Using PSM, we find that breastfeeding for four weeks has a positive and significant effect on test scores, in the order of one tenth of a standard deviation. Thus, interventions which increase breastfeeding rates may improve not only children's health, but also their cognitive skills.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aUniversity of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) |cColchesteren
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aISER Working Paper Series |x2010-40en
dc.subject.jelJ12en
dc.subject.jelZ13en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordBreastfeedingen
dc.subject.keywordCognitive Outcomesen
dc.subject.keywordChild Developmenten
dc.subject.keywordALSPACen
dc.subject.stwMütteren
dc.subject.stwKinderen
dc.subject.stwErnährungen
dc.subject.stwKognitionen
dc.subject.stwGroßbritannienen
dc.titleThe effect of breastfeeding on children's cognitive development-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn642169098en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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