Greenwood, Jeremy; Seshadri, Ananth - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2004
Growth theory can go a long way toward accounting for phenomena linked with U.S. economic development. Some examples are: (i) the secular decline in fertility between 1800 and 1980, (ii) the decline in agricultural employment and the rise in skill since 1800, (iii) the demise of child labor...