We use household survey data and a unique census of institutionalized children to analyze the impact of abortion … legalization in Romania. We exploit the lift of the abortion ban in December 1989, when communist dictator Ceausescu and his regime … children born after abortion became legal. Additionally, our findings suggest that the lift of the ban had decreased the number …

We use household survey data and a unique census of institutionalized children to analyze the impact of abortion … legalization in Romania. We exploit the lift of the abortion ban in December 1989, when communist dictator Ceausescu and his regime … children born after abortion became legal. Additionally, our findings suggest that the lift of the ban had decreased the number …

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 …

We study fertility responses to employment shocks. Using unique Hungarian administrative data that allow linking firm … fertility behavior. Women threatened by job displacement bring births forward to exploit dismissal protection, a strategy that …

abortions play a role in fertility responses to job displacement. Furthermore, we document precautionary fertility behavior: the … react to the anticipation of these shocks, and their fertility responses differ substantially for firm closures and mass …

Most industrialized countries have increased access to abortion over the past 30 years. Economic theory predicts that … abortion laws affect sexual behavior since they change the marginal cost of having risky sex. We use gonorrhea incidence as a … 1980-2000, we estimate the impact of abortion law reform on risky sex. Compared to the most restrictive legislation that …

We compile data on the locations of abortion providers and enforcement of parental involvement laws to document … dramatic increases in the distances minors must travel if they wish to obtain an abortion without involving a parent or judge … present, the average distance to a confidential abortion has increased from 55 to 454 miles. Using both double and triple …

Proponents of laws requiring a waiting period before a woman can receive an abortion argue that these cooling off …

Laws requiring minors to seek parental consent or to notify a parent prior to obtaining an abortion raise the cost of …

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 …