fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a decline …

fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a …

equilibrium response, in a life-cycle matching model, of marriage hazards to war-time fertility and male-mortality shocks. Our …

regression results showing that appliance ownership is negatively correlated with fertility. They also argue that the Amish, who … ownership and fertility can arise naturally in Greenwood et al.'s model. Second, evidence is presented casting doubt upon the …

fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a decline …

.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 …

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 …

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

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 …