@article{ref1,
title="The effect of parental involvement laws on youth suicide",
journal="Economic inquiry",
year="2013",
author="Sabia, J.J. and Rees, D.I.",
volume="51",
number="1",
pages="620-636",
abstract="Using state-level data on suicides from the period 1987 to 2003, we find that the adoption of a law requiring a parent's notification or consent before a minor can obtain an abortion is associated with an 11%-21% reduction in the number of 15- through 17-year-old females who commit suicide. In contrast, the adoption of a parental involvement law is not associated with a reduction in the number of older females who commit suicide or in the number of 15- through 17-year-old males who commit suicide. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that parental involvement laws represent an increase in the expected cost of having unprotected sex, and, as a consequence, serve to protect young females from depression and what have been termed &quot;stressful life events&quot; such as conflict with a parent or an abortion. © 2012 Western Economic Association International.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0095-2583",
doi="10.1111/j.1465-7295.2011.00440.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7295.2011.00440.x"
}