Reexamining the Impact of Family Planning Programs on US Fertility: Evidence from the War on Poverty and the Early Years of Title X().

American Economic Journal. Applied Economics
Martha J Bailey

Abstract

Almost 50 years after domestic US family planning programs began, their effects on childbearing remain controversial. Using the county-level roll-out of these programs from 1964 to 1973, this paper reevaluates their shorter and longer term effects on US fertility rates. I find that the introduction of family planning is associated with significant and persistent reductions in fertility driven both by falling completed childbearing and childbearing delay. Although federally funded family planning accounted for a small portion of the post-baby boom US fertility decline, my estimates imply that they reduced childbearing among poor women by 19 to 30 percent. (JEL I38, J12, J13, J18).

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Jan 20, 2016·Women's Health Issues : Official Publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health·Sayeh S Nikpay
Mar 26, 2014·Journal of Policy Analysis and Management : [the Journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management]·Martha J BaileyBrad J Hershbein
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Jul 6, 2014·Journal of Policy Analysis and Management : [the Journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management]·Stephanie P Browne, Sara LaLumia
Dec 17, 2014·Health Policy and Planning·Zoë M McLaren
May 23, 2015·The American Economic Review·Martha J Bailey, Andrew Goodman-Bacon
Oct 28, 2014·CESifo Economic Studies·Martha J BaileyJohannes Norling
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Apr 11, 2015·Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology·Courtney A Schreiber, Sarah Traxler
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May 7, 2021·Science Advances·Amanda J StevensonJane A Menken
May 7, 2021·AEA Papers and Proceedings·Martha J Bailey, Eric Chyn
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