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It’s happening all over the developed world. Birth rates are falling in China, South Korea, Japan, Mexico, Spain, Portugal, Germany, and Greece. Things have played out more slowly in the United States, but we seem to continue moving in the same direction. The U.S. fertility rate has been in decline since just before the Great…

Women in a line

The brief’s key findings are: In the 50 years since Title IX’s passage, women have made major economic progress in education, earnings, and wealth. They have also become more independent, with late baby boomers spending less than half their adult lives married. Moving away from marriage, by reducing support from a spouse, could have put…