Access and Use of Contraception and Its Effects on Women’s Outcomes in the U.S.

Martha J. Bailey; Jason M. Lindo

doi:10.3386/w23465

Access and Use of Contraception and Its Effects on Women’s Outcomes in the U.S.

Martha J. Bailey & Jason M. Lindo

Working Paper 23465

DOI 10.3386/w23465

Issue Date June 2017

Revision Date June 2017

Changes in childbearing affect almost every aspect of human existence. Over the last fifty years, American women have experienced dramatic changes in the ease and convenience of timing and limiting childbearing, ranging from the introduction of the birth control pill and the legalization of abortion to more recent availability of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs). This article chronicles these changes, provides descriptive evidence regarding trends in use, and reviews the literature linking them to changes in childbearing and women’s economic outcomes.

Prepared for inclusion in the Oxford Handbook on the Economics of Women, ed. Susan L. Averett, Laura M. Argys, and Saul D. Hoffman (New York: Oxford University Press. Forthcoming, 2018). We are grateful to the editors for suggestions and Rachel Baccile for excellent research assistance. We gratefully acknowledge the use of the services and facilities of the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan (funded by NICHD Center Grant R24 HD041028). The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Martha J. Bailey and Jason M. Lindo, "Access and Use of Contraception and Its Effects on Women’s Outcomes in the U.S.," NBER Working Paper 23465 (2017), https://doi.org/10.3386/w23465.

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