Roe v. Wade and sex balancing

Yichu Li

Economics Letters, 2024, vol. 244, issue C

Abstract: I provide evidence that abortion was used for gender balancing. The probability of the first two children being the same sex decreased immediately after Roe v. Wade. This crowded out the practice of having additional children to achieve gender diversity.

Keywords: Fertility; Gender preference; Sex selection; Abortion laws (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 J16 J18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2024.112004

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