advancements in household technology from 1940 to 1960 account for this large increase in fertility. We present new empirical … evidence that is inconsistent with this claim. Rapid advances in household technology began long before 1940 while fertility … fertility rates from 1940 to 1960; and the correlation between children ever born (measured at ages 41 to 60) and access to …

, combined with reduced fertility and increases in the working-age population, have contributed to economic growth in some areas …

The 1960s ushered in a new era in U.S. demographic history characterized by significantly lower fertility rates and … provides new evidence that it accelerated the post-1960 decline in marital fertility …

This paper looks at the fertility, mortality, and marriage experience of racial, ethnic, and nativity groups in the … three dimensions of demographic behavior. There has been both absolute and relative convergence of fertility across groups …

We assess quantitatively the effect of exogenous reductions in fertility on output per capita. Our simulation model … quantitative macroeconomic theory. We apply the model to examine the effect of a change in fertility from the UN medium-variant to …

the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility …