Don't Be A Fool. Stay In School.

Everybody wins when babies are planned and wanted.

There's a pill that women take that makes men smarter.

In fact, it's the Pill.

The widespread use of oral contraceptives by women has increased educational levels of men as well as women, says economist Heinrich Hock of Florida State University.

Hock examined education data collected by states during the 1960s and 1970s when the Pill became widely used. By comparing how much formal schooling women had in states that denied or severely limited access to the Pill with women in states with more relaxed rules, he could estimate the impact of the Pill on schooling.

Hock found that 'unconstrained access to the pill increased the enrollment rate of college-age women by almost 5 percentage points.'

The surprise came when he looked at college completion rates among young men during the same time period. Guys, too, indirectly benefited from the Pill because it allowed them to complete their educations rather than have to drop out and get a job to support a baby. Overall, their college completion rates rose by about three percentage points during the same time period, controlling for other factors known to be associated with completing college.