Demographic Intelligence's Lyman Stone provides a broad overview of the confluence of factors that are causing fertility rates to sink across the globe in a lengthy piece for National Review. As D.I. readers know, falling birthrates can be attributed to industrialization, the widespread use of contraception and delayed marriage. There may be even one other factor [...]
Demographic Intelligence leaders feature prominently in a new Forbes piece examining the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control that showed U.S. birthrates fell yet again in 2018. Fertility usually declines in times of economic difficulty, so the slide during the Great Recession and its aftermath was expected. But births have yet to rebound in [...]
In a provocative essay for The New York Times, Anna Louise Sussman examined the connection between "late capitalism" in the developed world and declining birthrates. As Demographic Intelligence has well documented, there is a widening gap between desired fertility and actual fertility. The essay combines anecdotes with regular people talking about the circumstances of their own delayed [...]
In a new study posted at the Institute for Family Studies, Demographic Intelligence Advisor Lyman Stone reveals that fertility rates continue to fall across the globe. While there are a few places where birthrates are on the rise, most notably in nations that used to be part of the Soviet bloc, those are anomalies and [...]
Demographic Intelligence Advisor Lyman Stone in mid-September spoke before a United States Congress Joint Economic Committee hearing aimed at addressing the costs of raising a family. As our research has noted, there is a significant difference between the number of children American women desire and how many they actually are having. Stone in his remarks said the [...]
Demographic Intelligence advisor Lyman Stone reviews Empty Planet:The Shock of Global Population Decline in the Wall Street Journal in which Canadian social scientist Darrell Bricker and journalist John Ibbitson issue a vital warning to the world. They make a case for “the great defining event of the twenty-first century,” which they say, “will occur in [...]
The ABA Banking Journal has published a podcast in which Demographic Intelligence advisor Lyman Stone discusses a number of ways in which marriage and fertility trends may significantly affect financial institutions. In an additional bonus clip, Stone reflects on the effects of regional migration on community bank markets. Access both podcasts here.
Despite a rebounding economy, births across many ages continue to decline. Demographic Intelligence has released their current edition of the U.S. Fertility Forecast in which this trend is evaluated. See a press release regarding the new forecast here.
A Bloomberg article highlights the United States low birth rate and discusses ideas on how public policy could make a difference. A report by Demographic Intelligence advisor Lyman Stone is cited to address a number of questions related to possible government action that could influence the U.S. birth rate. The article states “women have, on [...]
In an article for The New York Times, the economist Lyman Stone notes that "American Fertility Is Falling Short of What Women Want.” Stone, who serves as an advisor to Demographic Intelligence, predicts that the U.S. fertility rate reached 1.77 children per woman in 2017, a 38-year low. Drawing on research conducted for The U.S. Fertility Forecast, Stone points out [...]
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