Caitlin Myers

Caitlin Knowles Myers is a Professor of Economics at Middlebury College and a Research Fellow of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), known for her recent research on the impact of contraception and abortion policies in the United States.

Myers was widowed in 2011, when her husband, firefighter Adam Myers, was killed in a car accident.

Myers' research examines issues related to gender, race, fertility and the economy.In recent work, she has studied the impact of contraception and abortion policy changes.She has studied the changing influence of education on womens' age at motherhood and the impact of abortion access on birth rates.

Selected works

• J Carpenter, CK Myers, "Why volunteer? Evidence on the role of altruism, image, and incentives," Journal of Public Economics 94 (11-12), 911-920
• J Carpenter, C Connolly, CK Myers, "Altruistic behavior in a representative dictator experiment" Experimental Economics 11 (3), 282-298
• CK Myers, "The power of abortion policy: Reexamining the effects of young women’s access to reproductive control" Journal of Political Economy 125 (6), 2178-2224
• T Byker, C Myers, M Graff, "Can a social media campaign increase the use of long-acting reversible contraception? Evidence from a cluster randomized control trial using Facebook" Contraception
• S Cunningham, JM Lindo, CK Myers, A Schlosser, "How far is too far? New evidence on abortion clinic closures, access, and abortions" NBER Working Paper