This study examines the extent to which banning women from having abortions affected the fertility of their children, who did not face a similar legal constraint. Using multiple censuses from Romania, I follow men and women born around the time Romania banned abortion in the mid-1960s to investigate the demand for children over their life cycle. The empirical approach combines elements of regression discontinuity design and the Heckman selection model. The results indicate that individuals whose mothers were affected by the ban had significantly lower demand for children than those who were not. One-third of the decline is explained by inherited socio-economic status.

这项研究调查了禁止妇女堕胎的程度影响了未受到类似法律约束的孩子的生育能力。通过罗马尼亚的多次普查，我追踪了罗马尼亚在1960年代中期禁止堕胎前后出生的男女，以调查他们一生中对儿童的需求。实证方法结合了回归不连续性设计和Heckman选择模型的要素。结果表明，受禁令影响的母亲对孩子的需求明显低于未受禁令的孩子。下降的三分之一是由继承的社会经济地位造成的。