Panel: Public Policy and Fertility Rates in the United States
(Family and Child Policy)

Thursday, November 3, 2016: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM
Fairchild West (Washington Hilton)

*Names in bold indicate Presenter

Panel Organizers:  David Slusky, University of Kansas
Panel Chairs:  Daniel S Grossman, Cornell University
Discussants:  Michael R. Richards, Vanderbilt University and Laura Wherry, University of California, Los Angeles

What impacts fertility rates in the United States? This session examines the impact of four areas of public policy: long-acting reversible contraceptives, parental notification laws for abortions, ease of access to women's health and family planning facilities, and general economic development. Understanding how policy impacts fertility rates is crucial to both minimizing unintended fertility, which can be an enormous economic and psychological strain, and maximizing intended fertility, which is crucial to maintaining demographic balance in an aging population.

Reassessing the Importance of Long-Acting Contraception
Quentin Karpilow, Child Trends and Adam Thomas, Georgetown University



How Much Can Expanding Access to Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives Reduce Teen Birth Rates?
Jason M. Lindo and Analisa Packman, Texas A&M University



Effect of Parental Involvement Laws on Teen Fertility
Ted Joyce, Baruch College, City University of New York, Robert Kaestner, University of California, Riverside and Anuj Gangopadhyaya, University of Illinois, Chicago



The Impact of Women's Health Clinic Closures on Fertility
David Slusky, University of Kansas and Yao Lu, The Analysis Group




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