""One of the great demographic surprises" of this time, Goldin writes, "has been the negative relationship between per capita income levels and fertility.""
""When you look at what these birth rates were for just the previous generation, it's astronomical change.""
""The fertility decline is just about everywhere," said Goldin, who is also the Lee and Ezpeleta Professor of Arts and Sciences."
Fertility rates began falling worldwide during the last century, with the United States dropping below the replacement rate of 2.1 children per woman by the 1970s and continuing to decline. Cultural changes around gender and increased friction between genders and generations are major contributors to the fall in births. Historically, birth rates rose during economic recoveries, but since the late 20th century that link has weakened, producing a negative relationship between per capita income and fertility. Declines started earlier in developed OECD countries and have since spread to regions including sub-Saharan Africa and some wealthier Middle Eastern states.
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