The impact of abortion on crime and crime-related behavior q

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Hjalmarsson, Randi; Mitrut, Andreea; Pop-Eleches, Cristian
• 署名单位: University of Gothenburg; University of Gothenburg; Columbia University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104468
• 发表日期: 2021
• 关键词: Abortion; crime; Risky behavior

摘要

The 1966 abolition and 1989 legalization of abortion in Romania immediately doubled and decreased by about a third the number of births per month, respectively. Comparing birth month cohorts born on either side of the reform cut-offs allows us to cleanly identify the effect of abortion access on crime. For both the abolition and legalization of abortion, we find large and significant effects on the level of crime and risky-behavior related hospitalization, but insignificant effects on crime and hospitalization rates. We conclude with a discussion of what our results say about the mechanisms underlying the crime effects of abortion policy. CO 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.