Is There an Effect of Incremental Welfare Benefits on Fertility Behavior?

@article{citeulike:958033, abstract = {This analysis exploits the variation across states in the timing of policy implementation to determine if family cap policies lead to a reduction in births to women aged 15 to 34. Vital statistics birth data for the years 1989 to 1998 offer no such evidence. The data reject a decline in births of more than one percent. The finding is robust to multiple specification checks. The data also reject large declines in higher-order births among demographic groups with high welfare participation rates.}, author = {Kearney, Melissa S. }, citeulike-article-id = {958033}, keywords = {alaska, welfare}, pages = {295--325}, posted-at = {2006-11-22 20:36:08}, priority = {3}, title = {Is There an Effect of Incremental Welfare Benefits on Fertility Behavior?}, url = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/wisc/jhr/2004/00000039/00000002/art00001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:958033 L3 - citeulike-article-id:958033 TI - Is There an Effect of Incremental Welfare Benefits on Fertility Behavior? SP - 295 EP - 325 N2 - This analysis exploits the variation across states in the timing of policy implementation to determine if family cap policies lead to a reduction in births to women aged 15 to 34. Vital statistics birth data for the years 1989 to 1998 offer no such evidence. The data reject a decline in births of more than one percent. The finding is robust to multiple specification checks. The data also reject large declines in higher-order births among demographic groups with high welfare participation rates. KW - alaska KW - welfare AU - Kearney, Melissa UR - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/wisc/jhr/2004/00000039/00000002/art00001 ER -