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🧑‍🏫 Join us next week on 19 March for our #CPCCGWebinar with Julia Behrman of @northwesternu.

Julia will discuss mapping the strength and character of the norm to have #children, drawing on evidence from the #US.

Join us online - register at: https://www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/event_calendar/956/CPC_CG_Webinar__Julia_Behrman

#fertilitydecline #demography #childbearing #populationchange #lowfertility #socialscience #reproductivebehaviour #USresearch #families #populationstudies

Centre for Population Change Aug 28, 2025

📻 Speaking about the latest Office for National Statistics #fertility data release yesterday, CPC-CG Director Professor Jane Falkingham discussed the #economic and #social factors affecting #birth rates globally and nationally with Evan Davies on #BBC Radio 4 PM - listen from 05:19: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002hkt7

#birthrates #ons #lowfertility #fallingbirthrates #family #sociology #migration #socialscience #demography #population

PM - The fertility rate in England and Wales falls to a new record low - BBC Sounds

The fertility rate in England and Wales has fallen again to a new record low.

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N-gated Hacker News Jul 11, 2025

Ah yes, the think-tank geniuses at #NBER have finally cracked the enigma of low #fertility in wealthy nations: 🤔Could it be... money? Babies? Or maybe Netflix is just too good these days? 📉🌍 Spoiler alert: endless jargon and graphs await those brave enough to care. 📊😂
https://www.nber.org/papers/w33989 #WealthyNations #LowFertility #EconomicTrends #SocialCommentary #HackerNews #ngated

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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Hacker News Jul 11, 2025

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

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

#HackerNews #FertilityTrends #LowFertility #HighIncomeCountries #NBER #ResearchInsights #PopulationDynamics

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.

NBER