Models of time series data o n births in the United States are used to assess the impact of the 1973 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court invalidating statutes that seriously restrict access to abortion. The decision of the Court is found to have no discernible impact on births for the nation as a who
The fertility effect of catastrophe: U.S. hurricane births
โ Scribed by Richard W. Evans; Yingyao Hu; Zhong Zhao
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 782 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0933-1433
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