terminated by induced abortion and the race-specific percentage of low-birthweight births in New York City. With monthly data … beginning in 1972, we find that induced abortion explains low birthweight for blacks, but not for whites. There is no evidence … of feedback from low birthweight to induced abortion. Simulations based on the model reveal that an unanticipated …

abortion on demand. In this study, I determine the extent to which this change in reproductive rights impacted the … after New York's reform. This analysis suggests that after abortion's legalization, children were born into families with … access to legal abortion. I then compare the wages of native-born New Yorkers reporting the same age (in whole years) but …

legalized abortion. With monthly data on the number of births to white and black adolescents from January, 1963 to December … liberalization of the New York State abortion law in 1970. We found the level of births to black adolescents living in New York City … births between 1970 and 1971 were applied to the forecasted number of monthly births in 1988 and 1989. If legal abortion had …

legalized abortion. With monthly data on the number of births to white and black adolescents from January, 1963 to December … liberalization of the New York State abortion law in 1970. We found the level of births to black adolescents living in New York City … births between 1970 and 1971 were applied to the forecasted number of monthly births in 1988 and 1989. If legal abortion had …