Contents

Abstract 1226

Keywords 1226

1. Introduction 1227

1.1. Technologicalprogressinthemarket 1227

1.2. Technologicalprogressinthehome 1229

1.3. Thegoal 1230

2. The baby bust and baby boom 1231

2.1.

2.2. Analysis 1233

3. The U.S. demographic transition 1238

3.1. Theenvironment 1238

3.2. Analysis 1242

4. The demise of child labor 1246

4.1. The environment 1247

4.2. Analysis 1248

5. Enginesofliberation 1250

5.1. The environment 1252

5.2. Analysis 1254

5.3. Analysis with nondurable household products and services 1258

6. Conclusion 1260

7. Literature review 1261

7.1. Fertility 1261

7.2. The economics of household production 1262

7.3. Structural change 1263

Handbook of Economic Growth, Volume 1B. Edited by Philippe Aghion and Steven N. Durlauf

© 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

DOI: 10.1016∕S1574-0684(05)01019-1

7.4. Child labor 1264

7.5. Female labor-force participation 1266

Acknowledgements 1268

Appendix: 1268

A.1. Supporting calculations for Lemmas 2 and 4 1268

A.2. Supporting calculations for Lemmas 5 and 6 1270

References 1271