Coverage of infertility treatment and fertility outcomes

  1. Matilde P. Machado 1
  2. Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano 2
  1. 1 Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
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    Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03ths8210

  2. 2 Universitat d'Alacant
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    Universitat d'Alacant

    Alicante, España

    ROR https://ror.org/05t8bcz72

Revue:
SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association

ISSN: 1869-4195

Année de publication: 2015

Volumen: 6

Número: 4

Pages: 407-439

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1007/S13209-015-0135-0 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAccès ouvert editor

D'autres publications dans: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association

Résumé

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.

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