Cinyabuguma, Matthias; Lord, Bill; Viauroux, Christelle - Economics Department, University of Maryland-Baltimore … - 2012
This paper addresses revolutionary changes in the education, fertility and market work of U.S. families formed in the 1870s-1920s: Fertility fell from 5.3 to 2.6; the graduation rate of their children increased from 7 to 50 percent; and the fraction of adulthood wives devoted to market-oriented...