The Baby Boom and World War II:A Macroeconomic Analysis

We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the increased demandfor female labor during World War II. We develop a quantitative dynamic general equilibriummodel with endogenous fertility and female labor-force participation decisions...

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Year of publication:	2007-12-01
Authors:	Doepke, Matthias ; Hazan, Moshe ; Maoz, Yishay
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Makroökonomie \| Fertilität \| Geburtenstarker Jahrgang

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Extent:	629760 bytes 48 p. application/pdf
Series:	IZA Discussion Papers Discussion Paper ; No. 3253 (2007)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	D58 - Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models ; E24 - Employment; Unemployment; Wages ; J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; J20 - Time Allocation; Work Behavior; Employment Determination and Creation. General ; Sociological and psychological aspects ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; USA
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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