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Title: Tractor Adoption and the Peculiar Agricultural Fertility Rate

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Publication Year: 2018

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Abstract: The fertility rate of female working in agricultural sector during Baby Boom period was peculiar.Compared to a 42% economy-wide increase, the cohort fertility rate for those in agricultural sector only increased by 10%. This paper argues that the adoption of tractor reduced the labor requirement and increased years of schooling in the agricultural sector that induced reduction in fertility. The model proposed in this paper captures the fact that the tractor adoption is negatively correlated with the use of family (child) labor and is positively correlated with the increase in schooling (skill intensity).

Url: http://ames.sogang.ac.kr/dwonload/pdf/paper_223.pdf

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Authors: Cheung, Terry, T

Publisher: Washington University in St. Louis

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Fertility and Mortality, Other

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