The response of abortion demand to changes in abortion costs

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 329-346

  Medoff, Marshall H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion costs; Abortion demand; Restrictive abortion laws

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; ESTIMATION METHOD; INFANT MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 42649102036     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-007-9176-5     Document Type: Article

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