RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Does Access to Family Planning Increase Children’s Opportunities? JF Journal of Human Resources JO J Hum Resour FD University of Wisconsin Press SP 825 OP 856 DO 10.3368/jhr.54.4.1216-8401R1 VO 54 IS 4 A1 Bailey, Martha J. A1 Malkova, Olga A1 McLaren, Zoë M. YR 2019 UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/54/4/825.abstract 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.