Tag: total fertility rate
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…
Delayed motherhood is offset by more never-married women having babies. I am fascinated by fertility patterns and was delighted to see the most recent piece from the Pew Research Center that helps reconcile the divergent trends shown by the annual fertility rate and the completed fertility rate. The annual fertility rate – number of births…
