Abortion and Selection
Abortion legalization in the early 1970s led to dramatic changes in fertility. Some research has suggested that it altered cohort outcomes, but this literature has been limited and controversial. In this paper, we provide a framework for understanding selection mechanisms and use that framework to b...
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| author | Gruber, Jonathan Ananat, Elizabeth Oltmans Staiger, Douglas Levine, Phillip B. |
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| description | Abortion legalization in the early 1970s led to dramatic changes in fertility. Some research has suggested that it altered cohort outcomes, but this literature has been limited and controversial. In this paper, we provide a framework for understanding selection mechanisms and use that framework to both address inconsistent past methodological approaches and provide evidence on the long-run impact on cohort characteristics. Our results indicate that lower-cost abortion brought about by legalization altered young adult outcomes through selection. In particular, it increased likelihood of college graduation, lower rates of welfare use, and lower odds of being a single parent. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/580022022-10-01T19:13:46Z Abortion and Selection ABORTION AND SELECTION Gruber, Jonathan Ananat, Elizabeth Oltmans Staiger, Douglas Levine, Phillip B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics Gruber, Jonathan Gruber, Jonathan Abortion legalization in the early 1970s led to dramatic changes in fertility. Some research has suggested that it altered cohort outcomes, but this literature has been limited and controversial. In this paper, we provide a framework for understanding selection mechanisms and use that framework to both address inconsistent past methodological approaches and provide evidence on the long-run impact on cohort characteristics. Our results indicate that lower-cost abortion brought about by legalization altered young adult outcomes through selection. In particular, it increased likelihood of college graduation, lower rates of welfare use, and lower odds of being a single parent. 2010-09-01T15:46:57Z 2010-09-01T15:46:57Z 2009-01 2006-06 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0034-6535 1530-9142 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/58002 Ananat, Elizabeth Oltmans et al. “Abortion and Selection.” Review of Economics and Statistics 91.1 (2009): 124-136. ©2009 President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9877-3065 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/rest.91.1.124 Review of Economics and Statistics Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf MIT Press MIT Press |
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