Family Planning Program Effects: A Review of Evidence from Microdata - Working Paper 422

Grant Miller

No 422, Working Papers from Center for Global Development

Abstract: This paper reviews empirical evidence on the micro-level consequences of family planning programs in middle- and low-income countries. In doing so, it focuses on fertility outcomes (the number and timing of births), women’s health and socio-economic outcomes (mortality, human capital, and labor force participation), and children’s health and socio-economic outcomes throughout the life cycle. Although effect sizes are heterogeneous, long-term studies imply that in practice, family planning programs may only explain a modest share of fertility decline in real-world settings (explaining 4-20% of fertility decline among studies finding significant effects). Family planning programs may also have quantitatively modest - but practically meaningful - effects on the socio-economic welfare of individuals and families.

Keywords: Family planning; reproductive health; fertility; population; economic development; demographic transition; maternal and child health; growth; contraception; child development; mortality; program evaluation; outcomes analysis. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I14 I15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2016-02
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