The Baby Bust: How Economics Can Explain Demographic Changes

Mike Kaiman and Guillaume Vandenbroucke
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Page One Economics Newsletter, 2026

Abstract: Learn how economic forces and opportunity costs help explain declining birth rates in wealthy nations.

Keywords: birth rates; productivity; opportunity cost; per capita income (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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