Birthing a Nation
The Effect of Fertility Control Access on the Nineteenth-Century Demographic Transition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5753377 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joanna N Lahey (0000-0002-4674-6647, Texas A&M University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 482-508 |
| Publication date | 2014-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0507 • E-ISSN: 1471-6372 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022050714000333 |
| OpenAlex | W2107790644 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 50 |
During the nineteenth century, the U.S. birthrate fell by half. While previous economic literature has emphasized demand-side explanations for this decline, many of these arguments are confounded by changes in the supply of technologies to control fertility. I exploit the introduction of state laws governing American women's access to abortion to measure the effect of changes in the supply of fertility technologies on the number of children born. I estimate an increase in the birthrate of 4 to 15 percent when abortion is restricted. I also explore the legal characteristics and political economy of these laws
Abortion · Abortion law · Birth control · Birth rate · Control (management) · Demographic economics · Demographic transition · Economics · Family planning · Fell · Fertility · Geography · Political science · Politics · Population · Pregnancy · Research methodology · Sociology · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law
At odds
Abortion
Disorderly conduct
The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime
Female Socialization
The Historical Fertility Transition
An Analysis of Out-of-Wedlock Childbearing in the United States
More Power to the Pill
The Power of the Pill for the Next Generation
Abortion in nineteenth century America
Own-child estimates of U.S. white fertility, 1886–99
The Politics of Fertility Control
Roe v Wade and American fertility
Fertility in New York state in the pre-civil war era
The Effect of Anti-Abortion Legislation on Nineteenth Century Fertility
Quantitative aspects of marriage, fertility and family limitation in nineteenth century America
From Private Vice to Public Virtue
The Impact of an Abortion Ban on Socioeconomic Outcomes of Children
The Power of the Pill
Strategic Factors in Nineteenth Century American Economic History
About to Meet Her Maker
From Private Vice to Public Virtue
Woman's Body, Woman's Right
Factors in the Decline of Farm Family Fertility in the United States
Economic Opportunity and White American Fertility Ratios, 1800-1860
To Sow One Acre More
From home to hospital
Old-age security motives, labor markets, and farm family fertility in antebellum American
Dispelling the Myths of Abortion History
Population Change and Farm Settlement in the Northern United States
Birth Rates of the White Population in the United States, 1800-1860
Birth Prevention in the American and French Fertility Transitions
History matters
Economic Opportunity and White American Fertility Ratios 1800-1860
From Private Vice to Public Virtue. The Birth Control Movement and American Society Since 1830
Birth Rates of the White Population of the United States 1800-1860. An Economic Study
Parental Power and Marriage Patterns
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |