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We investigate the positive and normative consequences of child-labor restrictions foreconomic aggregates and welfare. We argue that even though the laissez-faire outcome maybe inefficient, there are usually better policies to cure these inefficiencies than the impositionof a child-labor ban...
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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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