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Empowering Women: The Effect of Schooling on Young Women's Knowledge and Use of Contraception
Andalón, Mabel; Williams, Jenny; Grossman, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
direct impact on knowledge and use of contraception. We investigate this issue using information on women in Mexico. In order … females' schooling beyond 6th grade increases their knowledge of contraception during their reproductive years and increases … their propensity to use contraception at sexual debut. This indicates that the impact of schooling on women's wellbeing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764620
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Power of the Pill or Power of Abortion? Re-Examining the Effects of Young Women's Access to Reproductive Control
Myers, Caitlin Knowles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Recent research postulating that the diffusion of confidential access to the birth control pill to young women in the United States contributed to the dramatic social changes of the late 1960s and 1970s has not adequately accounted for the largely contemporaneous diffusion of access to abortion....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010553737
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From shame to game in one hundred years: an economic model of the rise in premarital sex and its de-stigmatization
Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Greenwood, Jeremy; … - 2010
, leading to a de-stigmatization of sex. As contraception has become more effective there is less need for parents, churches and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269515
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Population Policy: Abortion and Modern Contraception Are Substitutes
Miller, Grant; Valente, Christine - 2016
There is longstanding debate in population policy about the relationship between modern contraception and abortion … contraception and abortion. This finding has important implications for public policy and foreign aid, suggesting that an effective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479327
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Empowering Women: The Effect of Schooling on Young Women's Knowledge and Use of Contraception
Andalón, Mabel; Williams, Jenny; Grossman, Michael - 2014
direct impact on knowledge and use of contraception. We investigate this issue using information on women in Mexico. In order … females' schooling beyond 6th grade increases their knowledge of contraception during their reproductive years and increases … their propensity to use contraception at sexual debut. This indicates that the impact of schooling on women's wellbeing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333255
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Power of the pill or power of abortion? Re-examining the effects of young women's access to reproductive control
Myers, Caitlin Knowles - 2012
Recent research postulating that the diffusion of confidential access to the birth control pill to young women in the United States contributed to the dramatic social changes of the late 1960s and 1970s has not adequately accounted for the largely contemporaneous diffusion of access to abortion....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283957
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Nonmarital and Teen Fertility
Fletcher, Jason M.; Polos, Jessica - 2017
This chapter explores trends, causes and consequences of nonmarital and teen fertility in the United States and in selected European countries. First, we describe some key factors, including changes in economic institutions and family planning technologies, that likely contribute to the large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744545
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The Impacts of Reduced Access to Abortion and Family Planning Services: Evidence from Texas
Fischer, Stefanie; Royer, Heather; White, Corey - 2017
Between 2011 and 2014, Texas enacted three pieces of legislation that significantly reduced funding for family planning services and increased restrictions on abortion clinic operations. Together this legislation creates cross-county variation in access to abortion and family planning services,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744632
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Bring a Friend: Strengthening Women's Social Networks and Reproductive Autonomy in India
Anukriti, S; Herrera-Almanza, Catalina; Karra, Mahesh - 2022
We experimentally test if enabling individuals to incentivize others to socialize with them can strengthen social networks and improve well-being. We examine family planning access for women in India, who tend to be socially isolated and for whom peer support may overcome intrahousehold...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013351920
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Women's Political Representation and Intimate Partner Violence
Anukriti, S; Erten, Bilge; Mukherjee, Priya - 2022
We estimate the impact of female leaders on intimate partner violence experienced by women in districts from which they are elected. Exposure to female leaders in state legislatures in India increases the likelihood that female constituents in rural areas report experiencing physical violence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013351934