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The Economics of Baby Booms and Busts

September 8, 2021

From the baby boom of the mid-20th Century to the recent pandemic baby bust, changes in fertility can have large and far-reaching consequences. Join Professor Kasey Buckles for a discussion of how economic factors affect people’s fertility decisions, why birth rates are declining, and what this trend means for the future of labor, education, and policy in the United States. 

 

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