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Title: Sex, Marijuana and Baby Booms
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Baggio, Michele Chong, Alberto Simon, David |
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Sex, Marijuana and Baby Booms Journal of Health Economics 70 (March 2020): 102283. Also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167629619301882 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Birth Rate; Contraception; Drug Use; Geocoded Data; Natality Detail Files; Sexual Activity; State-Level Data/Policy We study the behavioral changes caused by marijuana use on sexual activity, contraception, and birth counts by applying a differences-in-differences approach that exploits the variation in timing of the introduction of medical marijuana laws (MMLs) among states. We find that MMLs cause an increase in sexual activity, a reduction in contraceptive use conditional on having sex, and an increase in number of births. There is also suggestive evidence on temporary increases in the state-year gonorrhea rate. These changes may be attributed to behavioral responses including increased attention to the immediate hedonic effects of sexual contact, increased sexual frequency, as well as delayed discounting and ignoring the future costs associated with sex. Our findings on births suggest that behavioral factors can counteract the physiological changes from marijuana use that tend to decrease fertility. Our findings are robust to a broad set of tests. |
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Baggio, Michele, Alberto Chong and David Simon. "Sex, Marijuana and Baby Booms." Journal of Health Economics 70 (March 2020): 102283.
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