Experts are speculating that the current pandemic may result in up to a half-million fewer U.S. births in 2021. In the Deseret News article Demographic Intelligence’s Chief Information Officer, Lyman Stone, shares information from DI’s soon to be released COVID Family Survey. Reverberations of so many fewer births would would impact a number of aspects [...]
The nation with the world's lowest fertility rate crashed through another record level in 2019. South Korea's fertility rate declined to 0.92 children per woman in 2019 from 0.98 a year earlier. An article in the Nikkei Asian Review said many women in South Korea blame high housing prices, rising childcare costs and difficulty in [...]
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 [...]
The steep worldwide decline in births is getting more and more attention in the news. Bloomberg recently did a deep dive on includes conversations with women across the world about their marriage and childbearing decisions. It also has a fascinating searchable visualization of falling fertility in nearly every country worldwide. Read and explore the whole [...]
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 [...]
Despite a rebounding economy, fertility among young women and the less educated continues to fall. Demographic Intelligence has released the July edition of their U.S. Fertility Forecast in which this trend is evaluated. See a press release regarding the new forecast here.
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