Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/216446 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 13134
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We examine the sharp expansion in availability of the emergency contraceptive pill in Chile following legalized access through municipal public health-care centres. Combining a number of administrative datasets on health outcomes and pharmaceutical use, and using difference-in-difference and event study methods, we document that this expansion improved women's reproductive health outcomes, particularly reducing rates of haemorrhage early in pregnancy. These improvements are most notable in areas of the country in which the rollout of the pill was largest. We also document some evidence that refusal to grant the pill upon a women's request is linked with a worsening in reproductive health outcomes.
Subjects: 
emergency contraceptives
maternal morbidity
haemorrhage
abortion
event studies
difference-in-differences
JEL: 
I18
J13
K38
H75
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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