title: Graphic tests of Easterlin's hypothesis:  science or art?
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rutten
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Higgs
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001723:Birth Rate; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005298:Fertility; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D007182:Income; D018803:Models, Economic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011158:Population Growth; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D012942:Social Sciences; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Baby Boom; Birth Rate; Critique; Cyclic Analysis; Demographic Factors; Demography; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Easterlin Hypothesis; Economic Factors; Economic Model; Evaluation; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Fertility Rate; Income; Macroeconomic Factors; Measurement; Microeconomic Factors; Models, Theoretical; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Theory; Research Methodology; Social Sciences; Socioeconomic Factors; Total Fertility Rate; United States