The US fertility rate has been higher than Japan’s for more than three decades. But since the economic recession, the US birth rate has been steadily falling. Meanwhile, Japan’s dangerously low birth rate has been creeping up – in part because of better childcare policies. Rich countries like the US […]

Countries around the world are experiencing worsening symptoms of climate change, including flooding, powerful storms, and heat waves. A growing number of people are deciding to not have children, due to fears surrounding climate change, according to a recent New York Times report. Though the research on population growth’s effect […]

The US birth rate fell 2% from 2016 to 2017, according to new data from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Only women from ages 40-49 are having more kids. Economists worry that the dwindling numbers of newborns could have a major effect on the future US labour force. […]

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