Applied Economics Seminar Series. The Effect of Abortion Legalization on Fertility, Marriage, and Long-Term Outcomes for Women
Published: 11 April 2023
10 May. Dr Libertad González, University Pompeu Fabra and the Barcelona School of Economics
Dr Libertad González, University Pompeu Fabra and the Barcelona School of Economics
"The Effect of Abortion Legalization on Fertility, Marriage, and Long-Term Outcomes for Women"
Wednesday, 10 May. 3 pm
Zoom online seminar
Abstract
We evaluate the short- and long-term effects for women of access to legal, subsidized abortion. We find evidence that the legalization of abortion in Spain in 1985 led to an immediate decrease in births, more pronounced for younger women in provinces with a higher supply of abortion services. Affected women were more likely to graduate from high school, less likely to marry young, less likely to divorce in the long-term, and reported higher life satisfaction as adults. We do not find negative effects on completed fertility, nor do we find significant effects on labour market outcomes in the long run.
Bio
Libertad González is an associate professor or Economics at Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the Barcelona School of Economics. She holds a PhD in Economics from Northwestern University. Her fields of research span Labor, Public, Health, and Family Economics. She has published in journals such as the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, the Journal of the European Economic Association, the Journal of Public Economics, and the Journal of Health Economics, among others.
For further information, please get in touch with business-school-research@glasgow.ac.uk.
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First published: 11 April 2023
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