| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w16496 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 16496 |
| The Benefits of Breastfeeding Across the Early Years of Childhood | |
| Clive R. Belfield; Inas Rashad Kelly | |
| 发表日期 | 2010-10-28 |
| 出版年 | 2010 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | The choice to breastfeed rather than formula-feed an infant as well as the duration of doing so has been scrutinized in more recent times. Yet, key identification issues remain to be resolved, including the array of possible child development benefits, the optimal intensity of breastfeeding versus formula- feeding, and the possibility of confounding with other inputs that promote child health. This study uses the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey - Birth Cohort to explore the causal effect of breastfeeding on development across the early years of childhood. We examine a range of health, physical, and cognitive outcomes and relate these to a set of breastfeeding and formula-feeding intensities. Adjusting for a very extensive set of potential confounding factors that also promote child development, our empirical method uses simultaneous equations models and propensity score measures to understand the link between breastfeeding and child outcomes. Our results indicate that breastfeeding and not formula-feeding at birth are associated with increased probabilities of being in excellent health at 9 months. Furthermore, they are protective against obesity and improve cognitive outcomes at 24 months and 54 months. Breastfeeding for 6 months or more increases motor scores at 9 months. |
| 主题 | Health, Education, and Welfare |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w16496 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/574170 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Clive R. Belfield,Inas Rashad Kelly. The Benefits of Breastfeeding Across the Early Years of Childhood. 2010. |
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| w16496.pdf（281KB） | 智库出版物 | 限制开放 | CC BY-NC-SA | 浏览 | ||
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