Martha J. Bailey


Assistant Professor, Economics, University of Michigan.
Research Affiliate, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan.

Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Dr. Bailey is an assistant professor in the department of economics and a research affiliate at the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan and a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Her work has examined the importance of changes in contraceptive technology for women’s childbearing and career decisions and the determinants of the U.S. baby boom. Her most recent projects focus on evaluating the shorter and longer-term effects of federal programs under the War on Poverty.

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

Bailey, Martha J. Forthcoming. "Momma’s Got the Pill: How Anthony Comstock and Griswold v. Connecticut Shaped U.S Childbearing." American Economic Review.

Bailey, Martha J., and William J. Collins. 2006. "The wage gains of African-American women in the 1940s." Journal of Economic History, 66(3): 737-777. DOI:10.1017/S0022050706000313. Licensed Access.

Bailey, Martha J. 2006. "More Power to the Pill: The Impact of Contraceptive Freedom on Women's Labor Supply." Quarterly Journal of Economics, 121(1): 289-320. DOI:10.1162/qjec.2006.121.1.289. Licensed Access.

Other Reports

Bailey, Martha J. 2009. "Momma’s Got the Pill: How Anthony Comstock and Griswold v. Connecticut Shaped U.S Childbearing." NBER Working Paper 14675. Public Access.

Bailey, Martha J., and William Collins. 2009. "Did Improvements in Household Technology Cause the Baby Boom? Evidence from Electrification, Appliance Diffusion, and the Amish." NBER Working Paper 14641. Public Access.


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New Publications

Bingenheimer & Geronimus, "Behavior & HIV"

Wildeman, "Imprisonment & Infant Mortality," PSC Research Report

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