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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 war on female labor supply and fertility in the decades following the …
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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. …
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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 …
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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/10010481623
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 in- crease 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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Fertility in the United States rose from a low of 2.27 children for women born in 1908 to a peak of 3.21 children for …-twentieth century baby boom and generated a rise in women’s human capital, ultimately leading to a decline in desired fertility for … associated with a rise in fertility for women born between 1921 and 1940, with a rise in college and high school graduation rates …
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'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