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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Infant safe havens
Contributor:
Bullinger, Lindsey Rose
Published:
Wiley, 2024
Published in:
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 43 (2024) 3, Seite 714-734
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1002/pam.22588
ISSN:
0276-8739;
1520-6688
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
AbstractI estimate whether the ability to anonymously surrender an infant to a safe haven site such as a hospital, police station, or fire station in the United States affects child well‐being. By analyzing variation in state safe haven policies, I find safe haven laws significantly increase infant foster care entrance. I further find suggestive evidence of safe havens reducing infant deaths. The mortality effects are immediate but subside over time, implying infants have been relinquished when their alternative was not death from abuse or abandonment. Robustness checks and falsification tests support these findings.