Doepke, Matthias; Hazan, Moshe; Maoz, Yishay David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the rise in female labor supply during World War II. We develop a quantitative dynamic general equilibrium model with endogenous fertility and female labor force participation decisions. We use the model to assess the impact of the...