Research funded by Helsefonden, @carlsbergfondet.dk, and The Danish National Research Foundation 💪🏻

Our results suggest that a wide range of policies has the potential to affect fertility and family planning.

Working paper can be found here: www.econ.ku.dk/cebi/publika...

A Danish reform in 2010 reduced the amount of child benefits paid out to larger families, leaving the benefit levels of families with two or less children unaffected.

Larger families account for around half of the abortions in Denmark and thus is a very relevant group to study.

Do contraceptive use and abortion behavior respond to income shocks?

Yes.

In new research we document that Danish women use oral contraceptives and abortions as a way to resude fertility after a reform reduced their child benefits.

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