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I compile and disseminate novel panel data sets measuring county-level travel distances to abortion facilities and … resident abortion rates. Using these data and exploiting temporal and spatial variation in distances, I implement difference …-in-difference research designs measuring the causal effects of distance to the nearest abortion facility. The results indicate large and non …
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We examine the effects of free-of-charge availability of emergency contraception on contraceptive behaviour in Chile. Using a survey of individuals 15 to 29, we exploit variation in availability at the municipality level as a consequence of legal and judicial decisions in the late 2000s. We find...
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We study the development of teenage fertility in East and West Germany using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP) and from the German Mikrozensus. Following the international literature we derive hypotheses on the patterns of teenage fertility and test whether they are relevant in the...
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We study fertility responses to employment shocks. Using unique Hungarian administrative data that allow linking firm-level mass layoff and closure events to individual-level records on births and abortions, we show that the main response happens in anticipation of the shock. Responses differ by...
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abortion. We then exploit the large regional and time variations in the incidence of prenatal sex selection to analyze whether …
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that prohibits aid to overseas non-governmental organisations (NGOs) if they offer abortion-related information or services …
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collected street addresses of abortion clinics and linked them to SafeGraph's data on counts of visitors. We found a 32 percent …
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We examine the impact of progressive and regressive abortion legislation on women's health and survival in Mexico …. Following a 2007 reform in the Federal District of Mexico which decriminalised and subsidised early-term elective abortion …, multiple other Mexican states increased sanctions on illegal abortion. We observe that the original progressive policy resulted …
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's reproductive health outcomes, particularly reducing rates of haemorrhage early in pregnancy. These improvements are most notable in …
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services and increased restrictions on abortion clinic operations. Together this legislation creates cross-county variation in … access to abortion and family planning services, which we leverage to understand the impact of family planning and abortion … that no longer had an abortion provider within 50 miles. Births increased 1% and contraceptive purchases rose 8% in …
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