Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Muratori, Caterina  
Author-Email: caterina.muratori@unito.it
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Turin
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.est.unito.it/
Title: The Impact of Abortion Access on Violence Against Women.
Abstract: I document the effect of restrictions on abortion access on violence against women.
Limiting access to abortion implies higher rates of unintended pregnancies and subsequent lower bargaining power for women.
I start from the evidence of a sharp reduction in the abortion rate and an increase infertility after the
implementation of state laws regulating abortion in the U.S.,to evaluate the impact of these restrictive policies onviolence
against women.I implement a generalized difference-in-difference model,finding that a one minute increase in
time needed to reach the nearest abortion clinic causes an increase in the number of reported cases of violence 
against women of 0.12 percent in the same period, and 0.14 percent the following year.
Length: pages 55
Creation-Date: 2021-01
File-URL: https://www.est.unito.it/do/home.pl/Download?doc=/allegati/wp2021dip/wp_02_2021.pdf
File-Format: Application/PDF
Handle: RePEc:uto:dipeco:202102