Add to ORKGThe past century has witnessed major changes in the economic choices of American women. Over the long term, there has been a marked trend to-wards 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 reestablished itself in the 1960s. Similarly, the labor market participation of younger women declined for a while during the same period. What can ex-plain these reversals? In this paper, we propose a joint explanation for these changes through a single shock: the demand for female labor during World War II. Many of the women of the war generation continued to work after the war....
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the increased demand for female labo...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. post-war baby boom was the rise in female labour supply du...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the rise in female labor supply duri...
The past century has witnessed major changes in the economic choices of American women. Over the lon...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the rise in female labor supply duri...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the increased demand for female labo...
The past century has witnessed major changes in the economic choices of American women. Over the lon...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the increased demand for female labo...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the increased demand for female labo...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the increased demand for female labo...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. post-war baby boom was the rise in female labour supply du...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the increased demand for female labo...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the increased demand for female labo...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the increased demand for female labo...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the increased demand for female labo...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the increased demand for female labo...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. post-war baby boom was the rise in female labour supply du...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the rise in female labor supply duri...
The past century has witnessed major changes in the economic choices of American women. Over the lon...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the rise in female labor supply duri...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the increased demand for female labo...
The past century has witnessed major changes in the economic choices of American women. Over the lon...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the increased demand for female labo...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the increased demand for female labo...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the increased demand for female labo...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. post-war baby boom was the rise in female labour supply du...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the increased demand for female labo...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the increased demand for female labo...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the increased demand for female labo...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the increased demand for female labo...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the increased demand for female labo...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. post-war baby boom was the rise in female labour supply du...
We argue that one major cause of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the rise in female labor supply duri...