
CFP team member James Flynn has published a paper entitled Can Expanding Contraceptive Access Reduce Adverse Infant Health Outcomes? in the Journal of Human Resources. He found that the Colorado Family Planning Initiative reduced the rates of extremely preterm births and infant mortality, by at least 1.1 extremely preterm births and 0.9 infant deaths per 1,000 live births. The largest reduction in mortality was in deaths due to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). This work was Jim’s economics job market paper, and we are pleased to share that he has been offered a position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Congratulations to Jim, who will continue working with the CFP team from Ohio!