Coverage of infertility treatment and fertility outcomes
- Matilde P. Machado 1
- Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano 2
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Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
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Universitat d'Alacant
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ISSN: 1869-4195
Any de publicació: 2015
Volum: 6
Número: 4
Pàgines: 407-439
Tipus: Article
Altres publicacions en: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association
Resum
Policy interventions that increase insurance coverage for infertility treatments may affect fertility trends, and ultimately, population age structures. However, such policies have ignored the overall impact of coverage on fertility. We examine short-term and long-term effects of increased insurance coverage for infertility on the timing of first births and on women’s total fertility rates. Our main contribution is to show that infertility mandates enacted in the United States during the 80s and 90s did not increase the total fertility rates of women by the end of their reproductive lives. We also show evidence that these mandates induced women to put off motherhood.
Informació de finançament
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Spanish Ministry of Science Technology
- SEJ2007-66268
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Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (ES)
- ECO2010-20504
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Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology
- SEJ2007-62500
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Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (ES)
- ECO2011-28822
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Generalitat de Catalunya (ES)
- 2009SGR189