RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Is There an Effect of Incremental Welfare Benefits on Fertility Behavior?
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 295
OP 325
DO 10.3368/jhr.XXXIX.2.295
VO XXXIX
IS 2
A1 Kearney, Melissa Schettini
YR 2004
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XXXIX/2/295.abstract
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.