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Caitlin Myers
EducationTulane University
University of Texas at Austin
Children4
Scientific career
FieldsEconomics
InstitutionsMiddlebury College
WebsiteOfficial website

Caitlin Knowles Myers is the John G. McCullough Professor of Economics and Director of the Middlebury Initiative for Data and Digital Methods at Middlebury College. She is also a Research Associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)[1] and a Research Fellow of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).[2]

She is known for her research on the impacts of contraception and abortion policies in the United States.[3] In 2021, when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization case, she led an effort to compile the best economic research on the impact of abortion access on women's lives into an amicus brief, which was signed by more than 150 economists.[4]

Life

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Myers grew up in rural West Virginia and Georgia and trained as a labor economist,[4] receiving her PhD from the University of Texas at Austin in 2005.[2] Myers was widowed in 2011, when her husband, firefighter Adam Myers, was killed in a car accident.[5][6][7]

Research

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Myers' research examines issues related to gender, race, fertility and the economy. In recent work, she has studied the impact of contraception and abortion policies. Her research demonstrates that the liberalization of abortion policies in the 1960s and 1970s allowed large numbers of women to delay marriage and motherhood.[8] She also has studied the effects of mandatory waiting periods,[9] parental involvement laws,[10] and driving distances on abortion and birth rates.[11] Her most recent work assesses the effects of the Dobbs decision on American fertility.[12]

Her work on the changing influence of education on women's age at motherhood[13][14] and the impact of abortion access on birth rates is featured in the media.[15]

Selected works

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References

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  1. ^ "Caitlin Knowles Myers | NBER - National Bureau of Economic Research". www.nber.org. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Caitlin Knowles Myers | IZA - Institute of Labor Economics". www.iza.org. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  3. ^ Bui, Quoctrung; Miller, Claire Cain (August 4, 2018). "The Age That Women Have Babies: How a Gap Divides America". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Brouwer, Derek. "SCOTUS Doesn't Know How Abortion Rights Affect Women, Alito Wrote. A Midd Prof Says Otherwise". Seven Days. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  5. ^ Davis, Erin (March 21, 2017). "Episode 5: All of Our Strength". middcast.middcreate.net. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  6. ^ "Guest Post – Meet the Parent V". MiniBury. July 2, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  7. ^ Burnside, Vanessa Sorrell. "Vermont man killed in head-on collision here". The Randolph Leader. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  8. ^ Myers 2017.
  9. ^ Myers 2021.
  10. ^ Myers 2020.
  11. ^ Lindo et al., 2020; Myers, 2024.
  12. ^ Myers 2024; Dench et al., 2024.
  13. ^ "This Is the Biggest Factor in Determining the Age Women Have Kids". Fortune. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  14. ^ "The American Family - Older And Smaller". Innovation Hub | WGBH.org Blogs. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  15. ^ Bui, Quoctrung; Miller, Claire Cain; Sanger-Katz, Margot (July 18, 2019). "Where Roe v. Wade Has the Biggest Effect". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
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