The effect of breastfeeding on children's cognitive and noncognitive development |
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| Authors: | Cristina Borra Maria Iacovou Almudena Sevilla |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Economics and Ec. History, University of Seville, Campus Ramón y Cajal, 41018 Sevilla, Spain;2. Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK;3. School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London, Francis Bancroft Building, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK;1. Advanced Solutions Accelerator, 199 rue de l’Oppidum, 34170 Castelnau le Lez, France;2. ENSEEIHT-IRIT, 2 rue Charles Camichel, 31071 Toulouse CEDEX, France;3. UVSQ-PRISM, 45 avenue des états-unis, 78035 Versailles Cedex, France;1. International Center for Equity in Health, Post-Graduate Programme in Epidemiology, Federal University of Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil;2. Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (MCA), WHO, Geneva, Switzerland;3. Department of Economics, University of Waterloo, ON, Canada;4. Data and Analytics Section, Division of Data, Research, and Policy, UNICEF, New York, NY, USA;5. University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire, Coventry, UK;6. WHO Collaborating Centre for Training and Research in Newborn Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India;7. Institute for International Programs, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA;1. Advanced Baby Imaging Lab, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI, United States;2. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Waisman Centre, Madison, WI, United States;3. Nestle Development Centre, Askeaton Co, Limerick, Ireland;4. Nestle Research Centre, Nestec Ltd, Neurodevelopment & Cognition, Lausanne, Switzerland |
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| Abstract: | This paper uses propensity score matching methods to investigate the relationship between breastfeeding and children's cognitive and noncognitive development. We find that breastfeeding for four weeks is positively and statistically significantly associated with higher cognitive test scores, by around one tenth of a standard deviation. The association between breastfeeding and noncognitive development is weaker, and is restricted to children of less educated mothers. We conclude that interventions which increase breastfeeding rates would improve not only children's health, but also their cognitive skills, and possibly also their noncognitive development. |
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