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Norway had a Total Fertility Rate that was well above the OECD average for much of the 1990s and 2000s, but since 2009 has been experiencing a rapid decline in fertility. [OECD, June 2023.] READ MORE

COVID-19 pandemic will further inhibit residents’ intention to have a third child by affecting their childcare arrangements, increasing their childcare costs, and increasing their exposure [...]

President Yoon stated “We need to calmly re-evaluate the low birth rate policy and figure out why it failed based on scientific evidence.” [KEI, 22 June 2023.] READ MORE

Evidence of the preference for having a girl, reflected in an increased probability of not having a second child if the first child is female. They also find that women who have two children of [...]

The new agency for overseeing child policies will address issues related to birth rates as well as tackling child abuse and poverty the government under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida struggles to [...]

Many industrialized societies have experienced increases in life expectancy and in the mean age at first birth. This has likely impacted the lifetime that parents share with their children; i.e., [...]

This study found that teenage pregnancy remains a common public health problem in the study areas. [Desale Bihonegn Asmamaw, Tesfahun Zemene Tafere & Wubshet Debebe Negash – BMC [...]

For some time it’s been clear to us that when you’ve got an ageing population, the absolute best thing you can get is a higher fertility rate. [ABC News, 2 January 2023.] READ MORE

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the differentials of fertility preference as well as the possible timing of the next parity progression of those Bangladeshi couples having positive [...]

This December has also seen a debate over whether and how to expand the child tax credit, and that debate has brought more attention to another one: Why have US birth rates been dropping? [Ramesh [...]