Testing fertility rate convergence in the United States

Liam Keck, Won Sung and Junsoo Lee

Economics Letters, 2025, vol. 248, issue C

Abstract: The global decline in fertility rates has increasingly captured the attention of policymakers and economists. Previous studies have examined global fertility convergence. While heterogeneous transition paths across regions within a country are observable, the literature has largely overlooked this aspect. This paper addresses whether fertility rates tend to converge within the United States, offering a focused examination of this issue.

Keywords: Total fertility rates; Convergence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J10 J13 J18 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2025.112243

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