PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Martha J. Bailey AU - Olga Malkova AU - Zoë M. McLaren TI - Does Access to Family Planning Increase Children’s Opportunities? AID - 10.3368/jhr.54.4.1216-8401R1 DP - 2019 Oct 02 TA - Journal of Human Resources PG - 825--856 VI - 54 IP - 4 4099 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/54/4/825.short 4100 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/54/4/825.full SO - J Hum Resour2019 Oct 02; 54 AB - 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.