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DINKs (Dual income, no kids) aren’t shaping culture — it’s a cultural response to the rising opportunity cost of having children in free and prosperous societies. [Alex Nowrasteh – [...]

Low fertility threatens to undermine South Korea’s economic future by shrinking its workforce and slowing consumption. [Sam Kim – Time, 13 December 2023.] READ MORE

To this generation, being a mom looks thankless, exhausting, and lonely. Can we change the story? [Rachel M. Cohen – Vox, 4 December 2023.] READ MORE

The answer to this question is both simple and complex – and the fulfilment you feel in your life, whether you decide to have kids or not, depends on many complex factors. [Trudy Meehan and [...]

These countries tried everything from cash to patriotic calls to duty to reverse drastically declining birth rates. It didn’t work. [Anna North – Vox, 27 November 2023.] READ MORE

A survey by the JRC, IIASA and the UN Population Division where experts were asked to assess the validity and relevance of alternative arguments about the forces that could shape future [...]

The issue only gained short-lived public attention as Public Health Minister declared increasing the fertility rate to be on the national agenda and drew criticism for blaming the decision of [...]

Many-child policies are associated with a moderate increase in fertility especially for women in urban areas and older women. However, they have lost the ability to control birth since 2017. [...]

There are two factors behind Korea’s low birth rate. The first is the changed age and changed structure of society, where the country’s social atmosphere tends to discourage childbirth. Second, [...]

What are the intergenerational resource transfer contributions of parents and non-parents in Europe? [Pieter Vanhuysse1, Márton Medgyesi2 and Róbert Iván Gál – The Royal Society, November [...]