Labor economist | Assistant Prof. @UNLincoln | Phd @UChi_Economics
May 15, 2019 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
I studied this question, and the paper is forthcoming in the Journal of Labor Economics. I find that child support policies adopted in the 1970s-90s reduced the abortion rate. (thread 1/)
The economics behind this is pretty straightforward: child support lowers the cost of raising a child as a single mom, so when women are more likely to receive support, they are less likely to terminate a pregnancy. 2/
