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The impact of abortion on crime and crime-related behavior
Journal of Public Economics ( IF 8.262 ) Pub Date : 2021-06-28 , DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104468
Randi Hjalmarsson , Andreea Mitrut , Cristian Pop-Eleches

The 1966 abolition and 1989 legalization of abortion in Romania immediately doubled and decreased by about a third the number of births per month, respectively. Comparing birth month cohorts born on either side of the reform cut-offs allows us to cleanly identify the effect of abortion access on crime. For both the abolition and legalization of abortion, we find large and significant effects on the level of crime and risky-behavior related hospitalization, but insignificant effects on crime and hospitalization rates. We conclude with a discussion of what our results say about the mechanisms underlying the crime effects of abortion policy.



中文翻译:

堕胎对犯罪和犯罪相关行为的影响

罗马尼亚 1966 年废除和 1989 年合法化堕胎,使每月的出生人数立即翻了一番,并分别减少了约三分之一。比较在改革截止点两侧出生的出生月份队列,我们​​可以清楚地确定堕胎机会对犯罪的影响。对于堕胎的废除和合法化,我们发现对犯罪水平和与危险行为相关的住院治疗有很大且显着的影响,但对犯罪率和住院治疗率的影响不大。我们最后讨论了我们的结果对堕胎政策的犯罪影响背后的机制的看法。

更新日期:2021-06-28
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