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Does Access to Family Planning Increase Children’s Opportunities?

Evidence from the War on Poverty and the Early Years of Title X

Martha J. Bailey, Olga Malkova and Zoë M. McLaren
Journal of Human Resources, October 2019, 54 (4) 825-856; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.4.1216-8401R1
Martha J. Bailey
Martha Bailey is a Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan, 611 Tappan Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. Olga Malkova is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Kentucky, Gatton College of Business and Economics, Lexington, KY 40502. Zoë McLaren is an Assistant Professor of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 1415 Washington Heights, M3166, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029.
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Olga Malkova
Martha Bailey is a Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan, 611 Tappan Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. Olga Malkova is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Kentucky, Gatton College of Business and Economics, Lexington, KY 40502. Zoë McLaren is an Assistant Professor of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 1415 Washington Heights, M3166, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029.
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Zoë M. McLaren
Martha Bailey is a Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan, 611 Tappan Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. Olga Malkova is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Kentucky, Gatton College of Business and Economics, Lexington, KY 40502. Zoë McLaren is an Assistant Professor of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 1415 Washington Heights, M3166, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029.
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Abstract

This paper examines the relationship between parents’ access to family planning and the economic resources of their children. Using the county-level introduction of U.S. family planning programs between 1964 and 1973, we find that children born after programs began had 2.8% higher household incomes. They were also 7% less likely to live in poverty and 12% less likely to live in households receiving public assistance. A bounding exercise suggests that the direct effects of family planning programs on parents’ resources account for roughly two-thirds of these gains.

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  • J18
  • I3
  • Received December 2016.
  • Accepted May 2018.

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Martha J. Bailey, Olga Malkova, Zoë M. McLaren
Journal of Human Resources Oct 2019, 54 (4) 825-856; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.54.4.1216-8401R1

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Martha J. Bailey, Olga Malkova, Zoë M. McLaren
Journal of Human Resources Oct 2019, 54 (4) 825-856; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.54.4.1216-8401R1
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