Population Policy and Law in the United States
33 Pages Posted: 18 Nov 2009
Date Written: January 1, 1980
Abstract
The article suggests that a fruitful approach to curbing fertility and alleviating population pressures in the United States may be to reduce the support that childbearing receives from publicly owned goods and publicly operated services. Law relevant to the thesis is reviewed. The Journal is published at the Harvard University School of Law by the Harvard Society for Law & Public Policy.
Keywords: population, policy, law, United States
JEL Classification: K1, R23
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Barnett, Larry D., Population Policy and Law in the United States (January 1, 1980). Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 3, 1980, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1507181
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