Social Change: The Sexual Revolution

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Abortion
Abstinence
Bilateral search
Birth control
Birth control movement
Birth control pill
Coitus interruptus
Condoms
Contraception
Contraceptive revolution
Contraceptive technology
Demographic economics
Dissemination of knowledge
Effectiveness of contraception
General aggregative models
Intrauterine devices
Lifestyle
Markov chain
Pregnancies
Premarital intercourse
Premarital sex
Promiscuity
Reproduction
Sexual activity
Sexual behavior
Sexual partners
Sexual revolution
Social change
Social class
Social customs
Social mores
Technological change
Technological innovation
Technological progress in contraceptives
Teenage sexual activity
Teenagers
The Sexual Revolution
Demography, Population, and Ecology
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Sociology
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In 1900 only six percent of unwed females engaged in premarital sex. Now, three quarters do. The sexual revolution is studied here using an equilibrium matching model, where the costs of premarital sex fall over time due to technological improvement in contraceptives. Individuals differ in their desire for sex. Given this, people tend to circulate in social groups where prospective partners share their views on premarital sex. To the extent that a society's customs and more reflect the aggregation of decentralization decision making by its members, shifts in the economic environment may induce changes in what is perceived as culture.

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2009-04-21
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Greenwood, Jeremy and Nezih Guner. 2009. "Social Change: The Sexual Revolution." PSC Working Paper Series PSC 09-02.
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