Replication data for: How Much Can Expanding Access to Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives Reduce Teen Birth Rates?

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Jason M. Lindo; Analisa Packham

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Project Description

Summary: We estimate the degree to which expanding access to long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) can reduce teen birth rates by analyzing Colorado's Family Planning Initiative, the first large-scale policy intervention to expand access to LARCs in the United States. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we find that the $23M program reduced the teen birth rate in counties with clinics receiving funding by 6.4 percent over 5 years. These effects were concentrated in the second through fifth years of the program and in counties with relatively high poverty rates. State-level synthetic control estimates offer supporting evidence but suffer from a lack of power.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: [difference-in-differences, teenagers, births, contraception]

JEL Classification:
      H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
      I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
      I32 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
      J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth

Geographic Coverage: Colorado

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V1 [2019-10-13]

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