Birth quake : the baby boom and its aftershocks /

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Between 1965 and 1985, the Western world and the United States in particular experienced a staggering amount of social and economic change. In Birth Quake, Diane J. Macunovich argues that the common thread underlying all these changes was the post-World War II baby boom--in particular, the passage o...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Macunovich, Diane J.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2002.
Collection:Population and development (Chicago, Ill.)
Sujets:
Since 1900
Overpopulation > History > 20th century.
Surpopulation > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Demography.
Economic history
Overpopulation
Population
Baby boom.
Sociaal-economische verandering.
Demografische aspecten.
United States > Population > History > 20th century.
United States > Economic conditions > 1945-
États-Unis > Population > Histoire > 20e siècle.
États-Unis > Conditions économiques > 1945-
United States
Electronic books.
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; Overview: The Birth Quake and Its Aftershocks; Part 1. Defining Concepts and Terms; 1. Population Growth and Relative Cohort Size; 2. Male Relative Income and Its Significance; 3. Defining Variables: Relative Cohort Size and Relative Income; Part 2. First-Order Effects of Changing Relative Cohort Size; 4. Patterns of Male Relative Income over the Years; 5. First-Order Effects of Relative Cohort Size: Long-Term Trends in Unemployment, Relative Income, and Returns to College; 6. Effects of Relative Cohort Size on Inequality and the Overall Structure of Wages.

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