Replication data for: Does Getting Health Insurance Affect Women's Fertility? Evidence from the United Mine Workers' Health Insurance

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Project Citation:

Troland, Erin, and Figinski, Theodore F. Replication data for: Does Getting Health Insurance Affect Women’s Fertility? Evidence from the United Mine Workers’ Health Insurance. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2019. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116488V1

Project Description

Summary: Does health insurance affect fertility decisions? Fertility may increase if insurance lowers the costs of having a child. Fertility may decrease if children are more likely to survive into adulthood (quality-quantity tradeoff). We study a largely permanent United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) insurance program. A large group of women of childbearing age gained pregnancy coverage for the first time. The insurance also covered children. We use a trend break specification with county-level variation in insurance. We find new evidence of the quality-quantity tradeoff. Fertility rates declined by about one percent per year in counties with average levels of insurance.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      G22 Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
      I12 Health Behavior
      I13 Health Insurance, Public and Private
      J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
      J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
      J51 Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects

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