Does Access to Family Planning Increase Children's Opportunities? Evidence from the War on Poverty and the Early Years of Title X.

• Autores: Martha J. Bailey, Olga Malkova, Zoë M. McLaren
• Localización: Journal of human resources, ISSN 0022-166X, Vol. 54, Nº 4, 2019, págs. 825-856
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • 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. [End Page 825] [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]