%0 Report
        %A Myers, Caitlin Knowles
        %T Measuring the Burden: The Effect of Travel Distance on Abortions and Births
        %D 2021
        %8 2021 Jul
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 14556
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp14556
        %X I compile and disseminate novel panel data sets measuring county-level travel distances to abortion facilities and resident abortion rates. Using these data and exploiting temporal and spatial variation in distances, I implement difference-in-difference research designs measuring the causal effects of distance to the nearest abortion facility. The results indicate large and non-linear effect: An increase in travel distance from 0 to 100 miles—a level that courts have generally treated as not unduly burdensome for women seeking abortions—is estimated to prevent 20.5% of women seeking an abortion from reaching a provider, and in turn to increase births by 2.4%.
        %K travel distance
%K abortions
%K births