administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0-7.8% of the overall fertility decline until … infant mortality. The effect of birth control clinics on puerperal deaths is consistently negative, yet insignificant …

administrative vital statistics, we find that birth control clinics accounted for 5.0-7.8% of the overall fertility decline until … infant mortality. The effect of birth control clinics on puerperal deaths is consistently negative, yet insignificant …

Introduction: Little current research examines associations between infant mortality and US states' funding for family … associations between unintended pregnancy and infant mortality. Material and methods: We obtained publicly available data on state … capita spending (per woman, age 15–44). State-level covariates comprised: Title X and Medicaid per capita funding, fertility …

We investigate women's fertility, labor and marriage market responses to large declines in child and maternal mortality … that occurred following a major medical innovation in the US. In response to the decline in child mortality, women delayed … need to achieve their target number of children. This prompts fertility delay and labor market entry which, coupled with …

We investigate women's fertility, labor, and marriage market responses to large declines in child mortality in the U ….S. Fertility declined on the intensive margin as expected. However, despite the increasing value of having at least one child, a … larger share of women remained childless. We explain these findings with a new theory of fertility that includes fertility …