WIC participation and maternal behavior: Breastfeeding and work leave

Lindsey Rose Bullinger; Tami Gurley-Calvez

doi:10.1111/coep.12123

WIC participation and maternal behavior: Breastfeeding and work leave

Lindsey Rose Bullinger, Tami Gurley-Calvez

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We examine the effects of the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program on breastfeeding outcomes and maternal employment decisions. This research expands the existing literature using an alternative identification strategy and a broader set of outcomes. Using data from the Infant Feeding Practices Study II, we control for selection bias into WIC using the variation in food prices as an instrumental variable. The results of this study are robust to a number of specification and falsification tests. We find WIC decreases exclusive breastfeeding by nearly 50% and increases work leave duration by over 20%.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	158-172
Number of pages	15
Journal	Contemporary Economic Policy
Volume	34
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/coep.12123
State	Published - Jan 1 2016
Externally published	Yes

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Business, Management and Accounting(all)
Economics and Econometrics
Public Administration

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