Abortion legalization and child living circumstances: Who is the "marginal child"?

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 263-291

  Gruber, Jonathan ^a   Levine, Phillip ^a   Staiger, Douglas ^a  

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EID: 0005458442     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355399556007     Document Type: Article

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