Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245607 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14556
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
I compile and disseminate novel panel data sets measuring county-level travel distances to abortion facilities and resident abortion rates. Using these data and exploiting temporal and spatial variation in distances, I implement difference-in-difference research designs measuring the causal effects of distance to the nearest abortion facility. The results indicate large and non-linear effect: An increase in travel distance from 0 to 100 miles—a level that courts have generally treated as not unduly burdensome for women seeking abortions—is estimated to prevent 20.5% of women seeking an abortion from reaching a provider, and in turn to increase births by 2.4%.
Subjects: 
travel distance
abortions
births
JEL: 
I11
I12
J13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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