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Why Is Fertility So Low in High Income Countries? (NBER)

https://www.nber.org/papers/w33989

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Why Is Fertility So Low in High Income Countries?

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.

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A new study reveals that fertility rates can increase at high levels of human development. However, this relationship appears to have shifted after 2010.

Authors: Henrik Schubert, Christian Dudel, Marina Kolobova, Mikko MyrskylΓ€
Published in Demography

www.demogr.mpg.de/go/j-shape

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Matt WillemsenApr 6, 2024
Shanahan Misleads on Women’s Fertility Trends
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Shanahan Misleads on Women’s Fertility Trends    - FactCheck.org

Women are having fewer children today than in the past globally, but experts say that’s by choice and it doesn’t mean β€œwe are facing a crisis in reproductive health,” as Nicole Shanahan, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate, said during her announcement speech. Infertility rates have remained steady during the last decades. 

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