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Direct linkKearney, Melissa Schettini – Journal of Human Resources, 2004
This analysis exploits the variation across states in the timing of policy implementation to determine if family cap policies lead to a reduction in births to women aged 15 to 34. Vital statistics birth data for the years 1989 to 1998 offer no such evidence. The data reject a decline in births of more than one percent. The finding is robust to…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Females, Statistical Data, Data Analysis
