The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime

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Year

2001

Field

Economics / criminology

One-line gist

Argues that legal abortion reduced crime decades later by changing who was born into what conditions.

Why this stuck

Whatever you think of the conclusion, it showed me how policy can echo across time like a very long holding pattern.

Commitment level

Data-heavy; bring patience and maybe a notebook margin or two.