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Do Family Planning Programs Decrease Poverty? Evidence from Public Census Data

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  • Martha J. Bailey
  • Olga Malkova
  • Johannes Norling

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This article provides new evidence that family planning programs are associated with a decrease in the share of children and adults living in poverty. Our research design exploits the county roll-out of US family planning programs in the late 1960s and early 1970s and examines their relationship with poverty rates in the short and longer-term in public census data. We find that cohorts born after federal family planning programs began were less likely to live in poverty in childhood and that these same cohorts were less likely to live in poverty as adults. (JEL codes: I3, J13, J18)

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  • Martha J. Bailey & Olga Malkova & Johannes Norling, 2014. "Do Family Planning Programs Decrease Poverty? Evidence from Public Census Data," CESifo Economic Studies, CESifo Group, vol. 60(2), pages 312-337.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cesifo:v:60:y:2014:i:2:p:312-337.
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    1. Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina & Arenas-Arroyo, Esther & Sevilla, Almudena, 2018. "Immigration enforcement and economic resources of children with likely unauthorized parents," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 158(C), pages 63-78.
    2. Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina & Antman, Francisca, 2016. "Can authorization reduce poverty among undocumented immigrants? Evidence from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 147(C), pages 1-4.
    3. Kiros Terefe Gashaye & Adino Tesfahun Tsegaye & Solomon Mekonnen Abebe & Mulat Adefris Woldetsadik & Tadesse Awoke Ayele & Zelalem Mengistu Gashaw, 2020. "Determinants of long acting reversible contraception utilization in Northwest Ethiopia: An institution-based case control study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(10), pages 1-19, October.
    4. Martha J. Bailey & Olga Malkova & Zo� M. McLaren, 2016. "Does Family Planning Increase Children�S Opportunities? Evidence From The War On Poverty And The Early Years Of Title X," Working Papers 16-29, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
    5. Martha Bailey & Olga Malkova & Zoë Mclaren, 2016. "Does Family Planning Increase Children's Opportunities? Evidence from the War on Poverty and the Title X," Working Papers hal-03459203, HAL.
    6. Sheuli Misra & Srinivas Goli & Md Juel Rana & Abhishek Gautam & Nitin Datta & Priya Nanda & Ravi Verma, 2021. "Family Welfare Expenditure, Contraceptive Use, Sources and Method-Mix in India," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(17), pages 1-20, August.
    7. Gigi R. Kerber & Nicolo P. Pinchak, 2022. "Consistency of Health Insurance Coverage and Women’s Reproductive Healthcare Access During Early Adulthood," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 41(3), pages 825-842, June.
    8. Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina & Arenas-Arroyo, Esther & Sevilla, Almudena, 2016. "Immigration Enforcement and Childhood Poverty in the United States," IZA Discussion Papers 10030, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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    JEL classification:

    • I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy

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