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in which it appeared. They stated, "Correcting our mistake does not alter the sign or statistical significance of our estimates, although it does reduce their magnitude." They also presented additional evidence they claimed supported a negative effect of legalized abortion on crime. This work was
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Donohue also authored a major study of the operation of the
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their results and that once these errors were corrected there was no longer any relationship between abortion and crime. Donohue & Levitt responded to Foote & Goetz's critique in the same issue of the
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in 1986. In 1982, during his first year in graduate school at Yale, Donohue unsuccessfully sought the
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John J. Donohue III and Steven D. Levitt (2004), "Further
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to author a major study evaluating the contribution of federal antidiscrimination efforts in improving the economic status of blacks in the 1960s.
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