given here is that technological progress in agriculture and manufacturing explains these facts. This paper is published in …

. Some examples are: (a) the secular decline in fertility between 1800 and 1980, (b) the decline in agricultural employment … fertility that occurred during the baby boom. The analysis emphasizes the role of technological progress as a catalyst for …

What caused the baby boom? And, can it be explained within the context of the secular decline in fertility that has … occurred over the last 200 years? The hypothesis is that: 1. The secular decline in fertility is due to the relentless rise in …

are: (i) the secular decline in fertility between 1800 and 1980, (ii) the decline in agricultural employment and the rise …

investigates, quantitatively, its effect on the westward movement of population and the regional and secular changes in fertility … optimal growth model with endogenous fertility and migration is calibrated, and counterfactual experiments reveal that the …

developed with three ingredients: endogenous fertility, investment in land, and migration. The secular decline in fertility is … driven by the rise in real wages. The relative abundance of land in the West promotes higher fertility. The model is … simulated to see whether it can match the time-series decomposition of population growth between migration and fertility. It can …

.36 millions over 4 years while military losses are estimated at 1.4 millions. In short, the fertility decline doubled the … demographic impact of the War. Why did fertility decline so much? The conventional wisdom is that fertility fell below its optimal … model of optimal fertility choice where households reaching their childbearing years on the eve of WWI face a loss of …

captured by attitudes toward marriage, divorce, fertility, and children. Singles search for mates in a marriage market. Married …

: endogenous fertility, investment in land, and migration. The relative abundance of land in the West promotes higher fertility … fertility. …