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The new rules of economic life drive America’s future. The two-earner family is more important to predictions about what will happen to the baby boom than any other factor except the inevitable, inexorable aging of the generation. The two-earner family shapes the baby boom’s work life, its home life, and even its psychological well-being.

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© 1987 Cheryl Russell

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Russell, C. (1987). Conclusion. In: 100 Predictions for the Baby Boom. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3468-0_9

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