Did improvements in household technology cause the baby boom? : evidence from electrification, appliance defusion, and the Amish /
More than a half century after its peak, the baby boom's causes remain a puzzle. A novel argument posits that rapid changes in household technology from 1940 to 1960 account for this large increase in fertility. We present new empirical evidence that is inconsistent with this claim. Rapid advan...
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Cambridge, Mass. :
National Bureau of Economic Research,
c2009
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| Series: | Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) ;
working paper no. 14641 |
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H11.N27534 no.14641 |
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