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The Supply of Birth Control Methods, Education, and Fertility: Evidence from Romania
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This paper investigates the effect of the supply of birth control methods on fertility behavior by examining Romania's 23-year period of pronatalist policies. Following the lifting of the restrictions in 1989 the immediate decrease in fertility was 30 percent. Women who spent most of their reproductive years under the restrictive regime experienced increases in life-cycle fertility of about 0.5 children. Less-educated women had bigger increases infertility after policy implementation and larger fertility decreases following the lifting of restrictions. These findings suggest that access to abortion and birth control are significant determinants of fertility levels, particularly for less-educated women.
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“For example, Pop-Eleches ð2010Þ finds that a drastic increase in the availability of modern contraceptives and abortion in Romania decreased fertility most for the least educated women.”
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- Authors
- Pop-Eleches, C.
- Corresponding author
- Pop-Eleches, Cristian
- Venue
- Journal of Human Resources
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Published
- 2010
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 971-997
- ISSN
- 0022-166X (ISSN-L)
- 1548-8004
- OpenAlex
- W4231258019
- Cited by
- 40
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 1.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Human Resources (publishedVersion)
- Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Reproductive Health and Contraception
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Keywords
- contraception, fertility, pronatalist policy, abortion access, fertility education, educational attainment, infertility, Romania, post-communist transition, fertility decline
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