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100	1		_aBailey, Martha J. _933089
245	1	4	_aThe Missing Baby Bust: _bThe Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Contraceptive Use, Pregnancy, and Childbirth among Low-Income Women / _cMartha J. Bailey, Lea J. Bart, Vanessa Wanner Lang.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. _bNational Bureau of Economic Research _c2022.
300			_a1 online resource: _billustrations (black and white);
490	1		_aNBER working paper series _vno. w29722
500			_aFebruary 2022.
520	3		_aMultiple episodes in U.S. history demonstrate that birth rates fall in response to recessions. However, the 2020 COVID-19 recession differed from earlier periods in that employment and access to contraception and abortion fell, as reproductive health centers across the country temporarily closed or reduced their capacity. This paper exploits novel survey and administrative data to examine how reductions in access to reproductive health care during 2020 affected contraceptive efficacy among low-income women. Accounting for 2020's reductions in access to contraception and the economic slowdown, our results predict a modest decline in births of 1.1 percent in 2021 for low-income women. Further accounting for reductions in access to abortion implies that birth rates may even rise for low-income women. These results also suggest that already economically disadvantaged families disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 economy will experience a large increase in unplanned births.
530			_aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
538			_aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
588	0		_aPrint version record
690		7	_aJ1 - Demographic Economics _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690		7	_aJ11 - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690		7	_aJ13 - Fertility • Family Planning • Child Care • Children • Youth _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
700	1		_aBart, Lea J.
700	1		_aLang, Vanessa Wanner.
710	2		_aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830		0	_aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) _vno. w29722.
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w29722
856			_yAcceso en línea al DOI _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w29722
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