I evaluate the impact of abortion policies in sub-Saharan Africa to understand possible consequences from a reduced … international support for women's rights following the overturn of Roe v. Wade. I find that decriminalizing abortion reduces … fertility through two complementary channels. For households at the top of the wealth distribution, the effect manifests as a …

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 …

(religious) aversion to abortion among Muslims. These districts exhibit increases in fertility that offset the decrease in girl … abortion. We find no evidence of greater postnatal neglect of girls once more girls are born. Our findings show that politician … preferences over abortion influence abortion-related outcomes, most likely through greater enforcement of laws against sex …

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 …

higher mortality rates when more exposed to tariff declines. Consistent with the fertility-sex ratio trade-off in high son … preference societies, fertility increases for low-status women and decreases for high-status women. An exploration of the …

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 …

higher mortality rates when more exposed to tariff declines. Consistent with the fertility-sex ratio trade-off in high son … preference societies, fertility increases for low-status women and decreases for high-status women. An exploration of the …

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 …