Increased Duration of Paid Maternity Leave Lowers Infant Mortality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Arijit Nandi; Mohammad Hajizadeh; Sam Harper; Alissa Koski; Erin C. Strumpf; Jody Heymann

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001985

Increased Duration of Paid Maternity Leave Lowers Infant Mortality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Arijit Nandi, Mohammad Hajizadeh, Sam Harper, Alissa Koski, Erin C. Strumpf, Jody Heymann

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Original language	English
Article number	e1001985
Journal	PLoS Medicine
Volume	13
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001985
Publication status	Published - Mar 2016

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