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Title: The Effect of Minimum Drinking Age Laws on Pregnancy, Fertility, and Alcohol Consumption
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1. Cintina, Inna
The Effect of Minimum Drinking Age Laws on Pregnancy, Fertility, and Alcohol Consumption
Review of Economics of the Household 13,4 (December 2015): 1003-1022.
Also: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11150-014-9271-8/fulltext.html
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Springer
Keyword(s): Adolescent Sexual Activity; Alcohol Use; Fertility; Geocoded Data; Pregnancy, Adolescent; State-Level Data/Policy

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Analysis of micro-level data reveals that changes in the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) could induce changes in the intensity and location of alcohol consumption, sexual behavior, and teen fertility. Effects on teen fertility vary across different populations. Among 15–20 year-old non-poor whites, less restrictive legal access to alcohol decreases the probability of first pregnancy and abortion. For this group, easier legal access to alcohol likely increases the alcohol consumption in bars. For black and poor white young women, the results are sensitive to the alcohol consumption restrictions measure. A decrease in the MLDA increases the probability of first pregnancy and abortion. Yet, using a more precise measure that accounts for the MLDA and the woman’s age, these results generally no longer hold.
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Cintina, Inna. "The Effect of Minimum Drinking Age Laws on Pregnancy, Fertility, and Alcohol Consumption." Review of Economics of the Household 13,4 (December 2015): 1003-1022.