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AIDing Contraception: HIV and Recent Trends in Abortion Rates
Hussey, Andrew; Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, Alex; Walker, Jay - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Since the onset of HIV/AIDS awareness in the early 1980s, much attention has centered around the substantial negative effects of the disease throughout the world. This paper provides evidence of a secondary effect the disease has had on sexual behavior in the United States. Using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008619188
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The impact of abortion legalisation on birth outcomes in Uruguay
Antón Pérez, José Ignacio; Ferre, Zuleika; Triunfo, … - 2016 - This version: 10th June 2016
This work evaluates the impact of an abortion reform in Uruguay allowing free interruption of pregnancy until 12 weeks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011486110
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The effects of the Dobbs decision on fertility
Dench, Daniel; Pineda-Torres, Mayra; Myers, Caitlin K. - 2023
transformation of the landscape of abortion access in 50 years. We provide the first estimates of the effects of this decision on … for the first half of 2023. The results indicate that states with abortion bans experienced an average increase in births … of 2.3 percent relative to states where abortion was not restricted. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014429821
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The impact of abortion legalisation on birth outcomes in Uruguay
Antón Pérez, José Ignacio; Ferre, Zuleika; Triunfo, … - 2016
This work evaluates the impact of an abortion reform in Uruguay allowing free interruption of pregnancy until 12 weeks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011615046
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The Effects of the Dobbs Decision on Fertility
Dench, Daniel; Pineda-Torres, Mayra; Myers, Caitlin Knowles - 2023
transformation of the landscape of abortion access in 50 years. We provide the first estimates of the effects of this decision on … for the first half of 2023. The results indicate that states with abortion bans experienced an average increase in births … of 2.3 percent relative to states where abortion was not restricted. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469766
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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
largely contemporaneous diffusion of access to abortion. Estimates using a new panel of data on state policies related to … access to the pill and abortion indicate that while access to the pill may have played a role in the sexual revolution, it … legalization of abortion and the enactment of laws permitting young unmarried women to consent to it led to substantial delays in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283957
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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
largely contemporaneous diffusion of access to abortion. Estimates using a new panel of data on state policies related to … access to the pill and abortion indicate that while access to the pill may have played a role in the sexual revolution, it … legalization of abortion and the enactment of laws permitting young unmarried women to consent to it led to substantial delays in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010553737
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The effect of prenatal maternity leave on short and long-term child outcomes
Ahammer, Alexander; Halla, Martin; Schneeweis, Nicole - 2018
Maternity leave policies are presumed to be essential to ensure the health of pregnant workers and their unborn children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not evidence-based. We evaluate a substantial maternity leave...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807504
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The effect of prenatal maternity leave on short and long-term child outcomes
Ahammer, Alexander; Halla, Martin; Schneeweis, Nicole - 2018
Maternity leave policies are presumed to be essential to ensure the health of pregnant workers and their unborn children. However, little is known about the optimal duration of prenatal maternity leave and existing policies are not evidence-based. We evaluate a substantial maternity leave...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011814782
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The effect of prenatal maternity leave on short and long-term child outcomes
Ahammer, Alexander; Halla, Martin; Schneeweis, Nicole - 2018
caused by work in the third trimester of pregnancy. We find no evidence for significant effects of this extension on children …. We conclude that, for workers without problems in pregnancy, mandatory maternity leave should not start prior to the 35th …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011993689