Family cap provisions and changes in births and abortions

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 475-511

  Joyce, Ted ^a,d   Kaestner, Robert ^b,d   Korenman, Sanders ^a,d   Henshaw, Stanley ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c The Alan Guttmacher Institute   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortions; Births; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; BIRTH RATE; POPULATION POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 19744380962     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-004-3461-7     Document Type: Article

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