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fertility, both desired and realized, as a central pathway through which the relationship has been historically theorized and … independently from fertility decline. Finally, we assess the state and quality of evidence of these relationships and propose …
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We study fertility responses to employment shocks. Using unique Hungarian administrative data that allow linking firm … fertility behavior. Women threatened by job displacement bring births forward to exploit dismissal protection, a strategy that …
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The introduction of prenatal sex-detection technologies in India has led to a phenomenal increase in abortion of female … fetuses. We investigate their impact on son-biased fertility stopping behavior, parental investments in girls relative to boys …, and the relative chances of girls surviving after birth. We find a moderation of son-biased fertility, erosion of gender …
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Targeted regulations of abortion providers (TRAP laws) are the fastest growing abortion restriction in the U.S. These … often result in clinic closures, limiting abortion access. We study how women's exposure to these laws in adolescence … affects their fertility and educational attainment. For this study, we codify the legal history of all TRAP laws ever …
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We compile data on the locations of abortion providers and enforcement of parental involvement laws to document … dramatic increases in the distances minors must travel if they wish to obtain an abortion without involving a parent or judge … present, the average distance to a confidential abortion has increased from 55 to 454 miles. Using both double and triple …
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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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This paper explores how the relative circumstances of men and women following marital dissolution affect sex-selection behavior within marriages. China's 2001 divorce reform liberalized divorce in favor of women and secured women's property rights after separation. We use this improvement in...
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incentives to sex-select as fertility approaches its target …
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instances, abortion services).In this paper, we study Nepal's 2004 legalization of abortion provision and subsequent expansion …There is longstanding debate in population policy about the relationship between modern contraception and abortion … of abortion services, an unusual and rapidly‐implemented policy meeting these requirements. Using four waves of rich …
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What is the impact of the oral contraceptive pill on the mental health of adolescent girls? Using administrative data from Denmark and exploiting the variation in the timing of pill initiation in an event study design, we find that the likelihood of a depression diagnosis and antidepressant use...
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