What’s Really Behind the Baby Bust?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/09/28/inconceivable-the-impossibility-of-family-in-an-age-of-uncertainty-anna-louise-sussman-book-review
People say they want more children than they’re having. Is modern life stopping them—or have our ideas about a good life changed?
Kearney, Melissa S., and Phillip B. Levine. 2026. "Why Is Fertility So Low in High-Income Countries?" Journal of Economic Literature 64 (3): 907–49.
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles/pdf/doi/10.1257/jel.20261786
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/09/28/inconceivable-the-impossibility-of-family-in-an-age-of-uncertainty-anna-louise-sussman-book-review
People say they want more children than they’re having. Is modern life stopping them—or have our ideas about a good life changed?
Kearney, Melissa S., and Phillip B. Levine. 2026. "Why Is Fertility So Low in High-Income Countries?" Journal of Economic Literature 64 (3): 907–49.
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles/pdf/doi/10.1257/jel.20261786