Using two different measures of relative cohort size-one indicating the size and placement of an individual's own birth cohort, and the other, the ratio of young to prime age adults in the United States. in that year-it has been possible to isolate strong effects of the population age structure...

Using detailed estimates of personal consumption expenditures at the state level for 1900, 1929, 1970, 1977, and 1982 developed by Stanley Lebergott, this paper demonstrates that the passage of the Baby Boom from childhood through the teen years and into family formation would have caused marked...

Using two different measures of relative cohort size--one indicating the size and placement of an individual's own birth cohort, and the other, the ratio of young to prime age adults in the United States in that year--it has been possible to isolate strong effects of the population age structure...

This paper summarizes the results of other analyses by the author with regard to the importance of relative cohort size (RCS) in determining male relative income (the income of young adults relative to prime-age workers) and general patterns of economic growth, and in turn influencing fertility...