dc.contributor.author | Wang, Katherine | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-28T09:34:20Z | |
dash.embargo.terms | 2019-11-01 | |
dc.date.created | 2019-05 | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-10-25 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2019 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Wang, Katherine. 2019. Subsidized Contraception and Teen Fertility: The Effects of Medicaid Family Planning Program Eligibility Expansions on the Teen Birth Rate and 12th Grade Dropout Rate. Bachelor's thesis, Harvard College. | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37364620 | * |
dc.description.abstract | Between 1997 and 2010, 12 states expanded Medicaid family planning program access by raising the income eligibility threshold for all women of childbearing age. I exploit the lagged implementation of these income-based expansions to explore the effects on the teen birth rate and 12th grade dropout rate. By subsidizing contraception among low-income teens, the expansions decreased the overall teen birth rate by 6.50%. Furthermore, the magnitude of this negative effect increased with the percent of females ages 15-19 living below 200% of the federal poverty line. Despite these robust results, I find no subsequent impact on the 12th grade dropout rate. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Applied Mathematics | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Applied Mathematics | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dash.license | LAA | |
dc.title | Subsidized Contraception and Teen Fertility: The Effects of Medicaid Family Planning Program Eligibility Expansions on the Teen Birth Rate and 12th Grade Dropout Rate | |
dc.type | Thesis or Dissertation | |
dash.depositing.author | Wang, Katherine | |
dash.embargo.until | 2019-11-01 | |
dc.date.available | 2020-08-28T09:34:20Z | |
thesis.degree.date | 2019 | |
thesis.degree.grantor | Harvard College | |
thesis.degree.grantor | Harvard College | |
thesis.degree.level | Undergraduate | |
thesis.degree.level | Undergraduate | |
thesis.degree.name | AB | |
thesis.degree.name | AB | |
dc.type.material | text | |
thesis.degree.department | Applied Mathematics | |
thesis.degree.department | Applied Mathematics | |
dash.identifier.vireo | | |
dash.author.email | k.wang97@yahoo.com | |