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Restrictions on Reproductive Health Care and Women’s Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the United States

Falkeling, Linnea LU and Östling Svensson, Karin (2022) NEKP01 20221
Department of Economics
Abstract
This paper evaluates the impact of reproductive health care restrictions on women’s labor market outcomes in the United States. We exploit the variation in restrictions on reproductive health care services across U.S. states and over time by using individual level data on fertility and labor market outcomes and state level data on reproductive health care restrictions. We apply a difference-in-differences framework using two-way fixed effects and expect that restrictions on reproductive services affect labor market outcomes through their effect on fertility. First stage estimations suggest that being exposed to more restrictive reproductive services increases the fertility rate with 9.1 percent in general, and an increase of 10.3 percent... (More)
This paper evaluates the impact of reproductive health care restrictions on women’s labor market outcomes in the United States. We exploit the variation in restrictions on reproductive health care services across U.S. states and over time by using individual level data on fertility and labor market outcomes and state level data on reproductive health care restrictions. We apply a difference-in-differences framework using two-way fixed effects and expect that restrictions on reproductive services affect labor market outcomes through their effect on fertility. First stage estimations suggest that being exposed to more restrictive reproductive services increases the fertility rate with 9.1 percent in general, and an increase of 10.3 percent for black women when estimating sub-group effects. We find no evidence of a general effect on
employment or hours worked, but some evidence that black women are employed
to a lesser extent than other women when they are exposed to more restrictive
reproductive health care services. (Less)
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author
Falkeling, Linnea LU and Östling Svensson, Karin
supervisor
organization
course
NEKP01 20221
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Reproductive health care, Abortion legislation, Fertility, Employment, Difference-in-Differences
language
English
id
9088782
date added to LUP
2022-10-10 11:27:45
date last changed
2022-10-10 11:27:45
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  abstract     = {{This paper evaluates the impact of reproductive health care restrictions on women’s labor market outcomes in the United States. We exploit the variation in restrictions on reproductive health care services across U.S. states and over time by using individual level data on fertility and labor market outcomes and state level data on reproductive health care restrictions. We apply a difference-in-differences framework using two-way fixed effects and expect that restrictions on reproductive services affect labor market outcomes through their effect on fertility. First stage estimations suggest that being exposed to more restrictive reproductive services increases the fertility rate with 9.1 percent in general, and an increase of 10.3 percent for black women when estimating sub-group effects. We find no evidence of a general effect on
employment or hours worked, but some evidence that black women are employed
to a lesser extent than other women when they are exposed to more restrictive
reproductive health care services.}},
  author       = {{Falkeling, Linnea and Östling Svensson, Karin}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Restrictions on Reproductive Health Care and Women’s Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the United States}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}