World War II, the Baby Boom, and Employment: County-Level Evidence
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This paper examines the impact of male casualties due to World War II on fertility and female employment in United States. We rely number at county level use a difference-in-differences strategy. While most counties States experienced baby boom following war, we find that increase was lower high-casualty-rate than low-casualty-rate counties. Analyzing channels through which could have decreased fertility, provide evidence are positively related 1950s household income.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Labor Economics
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1537-5307', '0734-306X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/715485