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The American Frontier: A Hundred Years of Western Settlement
Vandenbroucke, Guillaume - Society for Economic Dynamics - SED - 2004
developed with three ingredients: endogenous fertility, investment in land, and migration. The secular decline in fertility is … driven by the rise in real wages. The relative abundance of land in the West promotes higher fertility. The model is … simulated to see whether it can match the time-series decomposition of population growth between migration and fertility. It can …
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Optimal fertility during World War I
Vandenbroucke, Guillaume - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
.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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009401345
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More on Marriage, Fertility and the Distribution of Income
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Knowles, John - 2002
captured by attitudes toward marriage, divorce, fertility, and children. Singles search for mates in a marriage market. Married …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014119233
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The American Frontier: Technology versus Immigration
Vandenbroucke, Guillaume - Economie d'Avant Garde - 2004
: endogenous fertility, investment in land, and migration. The relative abundance of land in the West promotes higher fertility … fertility. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566110
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Technological Progress and Economic Transformation
Greenwood, Jeremy; Seshadri, Ananth - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2004
are: (i) the secular decline in fertility between 1800 and 1980, (ii) the decline in agricultural employment and the rise …
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Social Change : The Sexual Revolution
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih - 2009
In 1900 only six percent of unwed females engaged in premarital sex. Now, three quarters do. The sexual revolution is studied here using an equilibrium matching model, where the costs of premarital sex fall over time due to technological improvement in contraceptives. Individuals differ in their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014060289
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Social Change
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih - 2021
A society is characterized by the common attitudes and behavior of its members. Such behavior reflects purposive decision making by individuals, given the environment they live in. Thus, as technology changes, so might social norms. There were big changes in social norms during the 20th century,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325237
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Social Change
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
A society is characterized by the common attitudes and behavior of its members. Such behavior reflects purposive decision making by individuals, given the environment they live in. Thus, as technology changes, so might social norms. There were big changes in social norms during the 20th century,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822855
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Social Change: The Sexual Revolution.
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih - University of Rochester - Center for Economic Research … - 2009
In 1900 only six percent of unwed females engaged in premarital sex. Now, three quarters do. The sexual revolution is studied here using an equilibrium matching model, where the costs of premarital sex fall over time due to technological improvement in contraceptives. Individuals differ in their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005042573
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Social Change
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih - Society for Economic Dynamics - SED - 2006
Social norms are influenced by the technological environment that a society faces. Behavioral modes reflect purposive decision making by individuals, given the environment they live in. Thus, as technology changes, so might social norms. There were big changes in social norms during the 20th...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005051241