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

• Arijit Nandi ,

  * E-mail: arijit.nandi@mcgill.ca

  Affiliations Institute for Health and Social Policy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Mohammad Hajizadeh,

  Affiliation School of Health Administration, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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• Sam Harper,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Alissa Koski,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Erin C. Strumpf,

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Department of Economics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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• Jody Heymann

  Affiliation Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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