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Title: Education, Income, and Poverty: The Long-term Impact of Abortion

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2009

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Abstract: The legalization of abortion is a controversial subject both in and out of the academic literature. Scholars and laypeople alike have argued for each side of the debate citing better or worse outcomes for those impacted by abortion. Economic theory clearly predicts that lowered costs of abortion through legalization should improve the average outcomes of children. Past empirical analyses havesupported this assertion, but this analysis shows that while outcomes do improve, this improvement may not be due to the legalization of abortion. This paper also provides alternative explanations for the relative improvement in outcomes in states with lower costs of abortion. On the whole, these findings question the assumption that being wanted around the time of conception has an impact oflater-life outcomes.

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Authors: Davido, Allison

Institution: The University of Michigan

Department: Economics

Advisor: Dr. Martha Bailey

Degree: B.A.

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Education, Other, Poverty and Welfare

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