This paper examines the relationship between the legalization of abortion and subsequent decreases in crime. In a … current study, researchers estimate that the legalization of abortion explains over half of the recent decline in national … crime rates. The association is identified by correlating changes in crime with changes in the abortion ratio weighted by …

The association between legalized abortion and crime remains a contentious finding with major implications for social … convincing test of abortion and crime should be based on an exogenous change in abortion that had a demonstrable effect on … the effects of abortion on crime over 15 to 20 years of the life of a cohort to lessen the impact of the crack epidemic. I …

legalized abortion on crime should have been much larger for blacks than whites, since the effect of legalization of abortion on …The inverse relationship between abortion and crime has spurred new research and much controversy. If the relationship … is causal, then polices that increased abortion have generated enormous external benefits from reduced crime. In previous …

access to abortion, rather than simply de jure legalization, is a critical determinant of the extent of the crime reduction … reductions in crime almost two decades later when the cohorts exposed to legalized abortion reach their peak crime years. Joyce … between abortion and crime is a direct consequence of his decision to focus exclusively on the six-year period 1985-90 without …

The association between legalized abortion and crime remains a contentious finding with major implications for social … convincing test of abortion and crime should be based on an exogenous change in abortion that had a demonstrable effect on … the effects of abortion on crime over 15 to 20 years of the life of a cohort to lessen the impact of the crack epidemic. I …