Teen Motherhood and Abortion Access Export

@article{KaneStaigler96, abstract = {We investigate the effect of abortion access on teen birthrates using county-level panel data. Past research suggested that prohibiting abortion led to higher teen birthrates. Perhaps surprisingly, we find that more recent restrictions in abortion access, including the closing of abortion clinics and restrictions on Medicaid funding, had the opposite effect. Small declines in access were related to small declines among in-wedlock births; out-of-wedlock births were relatively unaffected. Both results are consistent with a simple model in which pregnancy is endogenous and women gain new information about the attractiveness of parenthood only after becoming pregnant.}, author = {Kane, Thomas J. and Staiger, Douglas}, citeulike-article-id = {2423862}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/2946685}, journal = {The Quarterly Journal of Economics}, keywords = {abortion, economics}, number = {2}, pages = {467--506}, posted-at = {2008-02-25 00:52:31}, priority = {2}, title = {Teen Motherhood and Abortion Access}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/2946685}, volume = {111}, year = {1996} }

TY - JOUR ID - KaneStaigler96 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2423862 N2 - We investigate the effect of abortion access on teen birthrates using county-level panel data. Past research suggested that prohibiting abortion led to higher teen birthrates. Perhaps surprisingly, we find that more recent restrictions in abortion access, including the closing of abortion clinics and restrictions on Medicaid funding, had the opposite effect. Small declines in access were related to small declines among in-wedlock births; out-of-wedlock births were relatively unaffected. Both results are consistent with a simple model in which pregnancy is endogenous and women gain new information about the attractiveness of parenthood only after becoming pregnant. IS - 2 JF - The Quarterly Journal of Economics EP - 506 TI - Teen Motherhood and Abortion Access VL - 111 SP - 467 KW - abortion KW - economics AU - Kane, Thomas AU - Staiger, Douglas PY - 1996/// UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/2946685 ER -