doi: 10.1353/dem.2003.0023.
Welfare work requirements and child well-being: evidence from the effects on breast-feeding
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Welfare work requirements and child well-being: evidence from the effects on breast-feeding
Demography.
2003 Aug.
Abstract
A central theme of welfare reform is that recipients are required to engage in work activities. In many states, these work requirements apply to mothers whose children are a few months old, which may increase the costs and decrease the prevalence of breast-feeding. Given the substantial benefits of breast-feeding, any reduction represents an important negative consequence of these requirements. Our results suggest that in the absence of welfare reform, the national breast-feeding rate six months after birth would have been 5.5% higher in 2000. Such negative consequences of these policies must be weighed against potential benefits as states refine their welfare programs.
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