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Fertility and the economy

How immigration could help a shrinking American labor force

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Marketplace Staff
Jan 29, 2019
Young, productive workers "are the new scarce resource," one expert says.
Immigrants stand for the national anthem before becoming American citizens. Chris Farrell says that datasets often underestimate the positive impact immigrants have on the economy.
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Fertility and the economy

Why declining birth rates are a phenomenon in developing countries

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jan 25, 2019
As part of our mini-series on fertility, we talk to a demographer about why fertility rates are declining in developing countries.
As part of our mini-series on fertility, we talk to a demographer about why fertility rates are declining in developing countries. 
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Fertility and the economy

Americans are having fewer babies, and it might have to do with the economy

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jan 22, 2019
Since the Great Recession hit in late 2007, fertility rates have been declining in the United States. A recent CDC study helps make the link between fertility and the economy.
"We know there's a link between the economy and fertility," says Gretchen Livingston of the Pew Research Center. "But at the same time you know by many measures the economy has recovered and fertility has not."
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