Fertility Rise for Richest and Climate Change Revisited

Friday, August 7th, 2009 Posted in Environment, Population Basics | 3 Comments »

by Jason Bremner, program director, Population, Health, and Environment  Andy Revkin’s post this week on The New York Times’ DotEarth blog highlights a recent paper published in Nature that indicates that countries ... Read more..

European Fertilty: First Do No Harm

Friday, January 9th, 2009 Posted in Population Basics | No Comments »

by Bill Butz, president and CEO In the Vienna Institute of Demography’s conference proceedings on the question “Can policies enhance fertility in Europe?,” I argue a little-heard view: Fertility in Europe is ... Read more..

Will the Economic Downturn Lower Birth Rates?

Thursday, January 8th, 2009 Posted in Marriage/Family | 3 Comments »

by Carl Haub, senior demographer There is a good bit of evidence that hard economic times cause people to delay having a child or not have one altogether, circumstantial as that ... Read more..



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