TITLE:
Exploring the Simultaneity in Public Assistance and Abortion
AUTHORS:
Hal W. Snarr
KEYWORDS:
Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs; Marriage; Family Structure; Fertility
JOURNAL NAME:
Modern Economy,
Vol.4 No.9,
September
5,
2013
ABSTRACT: This paper studies the effects of time
limits on abortion and welfare participation of low-income pregnant single females
who may or may not have other children. In doing this, I explore the presence
and nature (if it exists) of simultaneity in abortion and welfare
participation. The results indicate that time limits, childcare and abortion
subsidies, and public assistance payments are linked to abortion. In addition,
the results indicate time limits simultaneously reduce welfare enrollments and
increase abortion among low-income childless single pregnant females, and
trigger abortion and shorter stays on welfare of low-income pregnant mothers.
Thus, future empirical work should account for simultaneity of abortion and
welfare participation.