TY  - BOOK
AU  - Levine,Phillip B.
TI  - Sex and Consequences: Abortion, Public Policy, and the Economics of Fertility 
SN  - 9780691221649
AV  - HQ767 .L48 2004eb
U1  - 363.46 22
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - Abortion
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Fertility, Human
KW  - Econometric models
KW  - Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI)
KW  - Czech Republic
KW  - Eastern Europe
KW  - Hyde Amendment
KW  - Yugoslavia
KW  - age characteristics
KW  - birth rates
KW  - case study methods
KW  - contraception practices
KW  - data sources
KW  - educational outcomes
KW  - externalities
KW  - fetal losses
KW  - gestation times
KW  - government subsidies
KW  - income characteristics
KW  - insurance models
KW  - labor market opportunities
KW  - legalization
KW  - mandatory delay restrictions
KW  - maternal mortality
KW  - pregnancy rates
KW  - quasi-experimental techniques
KW  - reasons for abortions
KW  - restrictions
KW  - single-parent families
KW  - spousal notification restrictions
KW  - white women
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; LIST OF FIGURES --; LIST OF TABLES --; PREFACE --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; CHAPTER ONE. Introduction --; CHAPTER TWO. Abortion Law and Practice --; CHAPTER THREE. Economic Models of Fertility and Abortion --; CHAPTER FOUR. Methods for Evaluating the Impact of Policy Changes --; CHAPTER FIVE. The Impact of Abortion Legalization --; CHAPTER SIX. The Impact of Restrictions on Abortion Access --; CHAPTER SEVEN. Abortion Policy in an International Perspective --; CHAPTER EIGHT. Unfinished Business --; CHAPTER NINE. Summary and Implications for Abortion Policy --; Notes --; Refferences --; Index; restricted access
N2  - How do individuals change their behavior when abortion access increases? In this innovative book, economist Phillip Levine uses economic analysis to consider this question, comparing abortion to a form of insurance. Like insurance, he contends, abortion provides protection from downside risk. A pregnant woman who would otherwise give birth to an unwanted child has the option to abort. On the other hand, the availability of this option may increase the likelihood of a pregnancy in the first place. In a very restrictive abortion environment, few women would choose to have an abortion; legalizing abortion would reduce unwanted births. But if abortion becomes readily available, it may cause individuals to increase their sexual activity and/or reduce their use of contraception, Levine contends. Women will become pregnant more frequently, but will abort those pregnancies. Therefore, these abortions will not reduce unwanted births. Levine's analysis suggests that the manner in which individuals change their behavior depends on the extent to which abortion is accessible. He supports these assertions using data from both the United States and Eastern Europe, comparing areas that have restricted access to abortion services with those that have liberalized access. Using sound economic analysis, Sex and Consequences goes beyond the ideological arguments that frequently dominate the abortion debate, lending a new perspective to this controversial subject
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