Tag: fertility rate drop
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Abstract In the United States, the current birth rate has declined since the Great Recession. The question is whether this decline is a temporary response to the economic downturn or a drift to the lower levels seen in many other large developed countries. This paper identifies factors from the literature – both cyclical and structura…
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Is the drop in fertility due to the Great Recession or is it a permanent change? The fertility rate has enormous implications for the size of our workforce and for the finances of the Social Security system, which operates largely on a pay-as-you-go basis. A decline in the fertility rate would reduce the number of…