TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - The effect of parental involvement laws on youth suicide
JO  - Economic inquiry
A1  - Sabia, J.J.
A1  - Rees, D.I.
SP  - 620
EP  - 636
VL  - 51
IS  - 1
N2  - 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 "stressful life events" such as conflict with a parent or an abortion. © 2012 Western Economic Association International.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0095-2583
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7295.2011.00440.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -