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fully agree with the others who have pointed out the many cases where breastfeeding is less convenient, but more practically, one of the most useful baby-hacks in my experience was to put a tiny “skincare fridge” in the baby’s room and put bottles in it overnight (for prepared formula or pumped breast milk)

I don't think that's right (the chart is really misleading - you have to look at bars 3 and 4 as a group, then 5 and 6 as a separate group, then 7 and 8 as a separate group). 

Table 1 in the paper shows the "over-25-male" version: -9% before taxes (row 9), +4% after taxes (row 14)

Table 2 in the paper shows the same for all workers: +2% before taxes (row 9), +15% after taxes (row 14) 

So, a +11pp impact (not -2 as the chart seems to show). 

(Of course, if you're giving credit for increased female earnings, you also probably have to count childca... (read more)