We examine the multigenerational impacts of legalized abortion in the United States by analyzing how early …, we link maternal early-life exposure to legal abortion with improved birth outcomes in the subsequent generation …

We use difference-in-differences research designs to estimate the effects of abortion bans on births at the county … level, leveraging data on changes in driving distance and appointment availability at the nearest facility where abortion … measurable barriers. However, the effects grow substantially with travel burdens. In counties where the nearest abortion facility …

outcomes. We generalize a model of fertility, highlighting assumptions under which these abortion predictions can be reversed …Recent studies based on 20th century US data conclude that abortion access raises children's average socioeconomic …. Using 19th century abortion restrictions, we empirically demonstrate these points. Despite a more than 5 percent increase in …

Early fertility is a key barrier to female human capital attainment in sub-Saharan Africa, yet contraceptive take …

Fertility levels have greatly decreased in virtually every nation in the world, but the timing of the decline has … differed even among developed countries. In Europe, Asia, and North America, total fertility rates of some nations dipped below … the magic replacement figure of 2.1 as early as the 1970s. But in other nations, fertility rates remained substantial …

uncovers systematic gendered effects on family structure and fertility in sub-Saharan Africa. Using data from Demographic and … and fertility …

Twenty-six states require that women seeking an abortion wait between 18 and 72 hours after receipt of counseling … before the abortion can be completed. Thirteen states require that the counseling be given in person necessitating at least … two visits to the provider. In April of 2015, Arkansas increased the waiting period for an abortion from 24 to 48 hours …

between home production and market work. This paper examines whether the expansion of oral contraceptives and abortion access …. Furthermore, access to the pill and abortion influenced child care employment differently across settings, with center …