PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kearney, Melissa Schettini
TI  - Is There an Effect of Incremental Welfare Benefits on Fertility Behavior?
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.XXXIX.2.295
DP  - 2004 Mar 31
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 295--325
VI  - XXXIX
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XXXIX/2/295.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XXXIX/2/295.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2004 Mar 31; XXXIX
AB  - This analysis exploits the variation across states in the timing of policy implementation to determine if family cap policies lead to a reduction in births to women aged 15 to 34. Vital statistics birth data for the years 1989 to 1998 offer no such evidence. The data reject a decline in births of more than one percent. The finding is robust to multiple specification checks. The data also reject large declines in higher-order births among demographic groups with high welfare participation rates.