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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.
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.
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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Journal of Human Resources
Vol. 54, Issue 4
2 Oct 2019
Does Access to Family Planning Increase Children’s Opportunities?
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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- I. Introduction
- II. A History of U.S. Family Planning Programs and Their Expected Effects on Children’s Outcomes
- III. The Expected Effects of Family Planning Programs on the Economic Resources of Children
- IV. Research Design and Data
- V. The Estimated Effects of Family Planning Programs on the Economic Resources of Children
- VI. A Framework for Bounding the Importance of Selection
- VII. Funding Family Planning as an Antipoverty Program
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