New study indicates finances are putting some adults off having children

Jul 29, 2024
The survey from the Pew Research Center says child care costs and student debt are among the factors dissuading potential parents.
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Why are women in China not having more babies?

Mar 17, 2023
In China, each woman went from having about three children in the late 1970s to now one. Decades later, the Chinese government wants women to have three children again but is meeting resistance.
A woman holding a baby girl lines up for a PCR COVID test in Shanghai in 2022. Birth rates continued to fall during China's strict zero-COVID policy during the pandemic.
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How immigration could help a shrinking American labor force

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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Why declining birth rates are a phenomenon in developing countries

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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