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II. We develop a quantitative dynamic general equilibrium model with endogenous fertility and female labor … well as patterns for age-specific laborforce participation and fertility rates that are consistent with U.S. data. …
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This paper examines the impact of male casualties due to World War II on fertility and female employment in the United … counties in the U.S. experienced a Baby Boom following the war, we find that the increase in fertility was lower in high … fertility, we provide evidence that county male casualties are positively related to 1950s female employment and household …
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This paper examines the impact of male casualties due to World War II on fertility and female employment in the United … counties in the U.S. experienced a Baby Boom following the war, we find that the increase in fertility was lower in high … fertility, we provide evidence that county male casualties are positively related to 1950s female employment and household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597556
assistance. As such, availability of grandmothers affects the cost of having children, and hence fertility decisions of young … parents. In this paper, we develop a simple model to assess the fertility implications of the fluctuations in both output (as …
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is still largely unclear what caused them. This paper presents a new unified explanation of the fertility Boom-Bust that … the entry of the D-cohort is associated with increased births in the 1950s, while its retirement turned the fertility Boom … completed fertility of all cohorts involved. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010458480
been a marked trend towards lower fertility and higher female labor force participation. However, change did not occur in a … uniform fashion: during the post-war Baby Boom, fertility rates increased substantially, until the long-term downward trend …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005051270
is still largely unclear what caused them. This paper presents a new unified explanation of the fertility Boom-Bust that … the entry of the D-cohort is associated with increased births in the 1950s, while its retirement turned the fertility Boom … completed fertility of all cohorts involved. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481623
's labor force participation and fertility over this period. We also show that the diffusion of infant formula played an …
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is still largely unclear what caused them. This paper presents a new unified explanation of the fertility Boom-Bust that … the entry of the D-cohort is associated with increased births in the 1950s, while its retirement turned the fertility Boom … completed fertility of all cohorts involved. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105406
Fertility Revolution" and questions regarding the applicability of the theory of household choice in modernizing societies. This …
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