Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/302663 
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Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17146
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper uses the implementation of a privately funded family planning program in Colorado to demonstrate that expanding access to long-acting reversible contraceptives to lower income women creates positive selection in the health of the children being born, reducing the rates of extremely preterm births and infant mortality. My most conservative estimates suggest reductions of 1.1 extremely preterm births and 0.9 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, with the largest reduction in deaths due to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. This suggests that expanding contraceptive access could help close the infant mortality gap between the U.S. and other leading economies.
Subjects: 
preterm birth
infant mortality
contraceptive access
family planning
JEL: 
J13
I18
I12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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