Large differences in fertility between women with high and low levels of education suggest that schooling may have a … extends beyond improved labour market outcomes and includes greater autonomy over their fertility. …

We examine the effects of free-of-charge availability of emergency contraception on contraceptive behaviour in Chile …, pre-coital contraception, and a decrease of more traditional contraceptive methods. This effect is concentrated among … with low starting levels of contraceptive use, and a significant potential for policies to increase adoption of regular …

We examine the effects of free-of-charge availability of emergency contraception on contraceptive behaviour in Chile …, pre-coital contraception, and a decrease of more traditional contraceptive methods. This effect is concentrated among … with low starting levels of contraceptive use, and a significant potential for policies to increase adoption of regular …

Teenage fertility is a social problem because of its private and public costs in countries of different levels of … development. Reductions in adolescent birth rates have not necessarily followed the drop in overall fertility due to the … demographic transition model. This paper analyses the impact of a subdermal contraceptive programme on repeated teenage motherhood …

Emergency contraceptive drugs like Plan B are controversial, and there have been cases within at least 25 states of … ability to refuse to fill emergency contraceptive prescriptions. Patients Rights Laws expand access to emergency contraception …

$4.3 million per year. These results suggest that giving lower-income women the means to control their fertility has the …

This paper documents an important unintended consequence of expanding contraceptive access; namely that it creates … variation in contraceptive access to demonstrate that it reduced the rates of both extremely preterm births and infant mortality …

deaths due to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. This suggests that expanding contraceptive access could help close the infant …