Anti-Abortion Activities and the Market for Abortion Services
Protest as a Disincentive
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2775593 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven B Caudill, Steven Caudill (0000-0003-3388-153X, Auburn University), Franklin G Mixon (0000-0001-9998-7412, University of Southern Mississippi) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 463-485 |
| Publication date | 2000-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Economics and Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9246 • E-ISSN: 1536-7150 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1536-7150.00038 |
| OpenAlex | W2170626439 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
Cross-section data for the US are used to estimate the effects of anti-abortion activity on the demand and supply of abortion services in 1992. Empirical results show that anti-abortion activity had a signi~cant negative impact on both the demand and supply of abortion services. Using estimates from a two-stage least-squares estimation of demand and supply, anti-abortion activities (measured as picketing with physical contact or blocking of patients) have decreased the market equilibrium abortion rate by an estimated 19 percent and raised the price of an abortion by approximately 4.3 percent. Taken together, the empirical results show that anti-abortion activities have been successful in making abortion services scarcer
Abortion · Business · Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economics · Estimation · Microeconomics · Ordinary least squares · Pregnancy · Supply and demand · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Healthcare Policy and Management · Reproductive Health and Contraception
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2011 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |