Fertility decline

Change of culture needed to reverse fertility decline*

Policies like paid parental leave and universal childcare reinforce the commitment to work over family, thereby contributing to the decline in fertility in high-income countries, despite women saying they want more children.

A likely part of the solution to the fertility gap, the difference between how many children women say they want and how many they actually have, is to introduce ca…

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