Does breastfeeding support at work help mothers, children, and employers at the same time?

IF 1.3 4区经济学 Q3 DEMOGRAPHY

Journal of Demographic Economics Pub Date : 2022-09-08 DOI:10.1017/dem.2022.23

E. Del Bono, C. Pronzato

引用次数: 1

Abstract

This paper investigates whether the availability of breastfeeding facilities at the workplace helps to reconcile breastfeeding and work commitments, and whether it has beneficial effects for the health of the child. Using data from the UK Infant Feeding Survey, we find that the availability of breastfeeding facilities at work is associated with longer breastfeeding durations for all women and shorter maternity leave spells for higher educated women. We also find that children born to mothers whose employer offers breastfeeding facilities experience significantly fewer sickness in the first 6 months of life.

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工作中的母乳喂养支持同时对母亲、孩子和雇主有帮助吗？

本文调查了工作场所母乳喂养设施的可用性是否有助于协调母乳喂养和工作承诺，以及它是否对儿童的健康有有益影响。利用英国婴儿喂养调查的数据，我们发现工作中母乳喂养设施的可用性与所有女性母乳喂养时间的延长和受过高等教育的女性产假的缩短有关。我们还发现，雇主提供母乳喂养设施的母亲所生的孩子在出生后的前6个月患病率显著降低。

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Journal of Demographic Economics Multiple-

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2.30

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期刊介绍： Demographic variables such as fertility, mortality, migration and family structures notably respond to economic incentives and in turn affect the economic development of societies. Journal of Demographic Economics welcomes both empirical and theoretical papers on issues relevant to Demographic Economics with a preference for combining abstract economic or demographic models together with data to highlight major mechanisms. The journal was first published in 1929 as Bulletin de l’Institut des Sciences Economiques. It later became known as Louvain Economic Review, and continued till 2014 to publish under this title. In 2015, it moved to Cambridge University Press, increased its international character and changed its focus exclusively to demographic economics.