The impact of legalized abortion on crime: Comment

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 407-423

  Foote, Christopher L ^a   Goetz, Christopher F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 42149086466     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2008.123.1.407     Document Type: Review

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