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Study: North Korean birth rates lower than UN data shows, NK officials have more kids
Korean working paper looks at the three-decade collapse of North Korea's birth rate – and why NK elite families are different
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Dave Deek
Miyazaki’s Right: Local Governments Boost Birthrates by Investing in Families (While Nations Fail)
More Evidence Keeps Confirming a Simple Truth: Places That Prioritize Making Life Better for Families & Babies Create More Families & Babies
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Dave Deek
Local & Regional Government Quality Boost European Birthrates
Study of 216 regions shows ~1% governance improvement linked to ~8% fertility increase
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Dave Deek
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China: Internet Increases Users' Demand For Kids
Internet access turns out a unexpected ally in fertility crisis; Web access increases fertility intentions by 3.4 percentage points
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Dave Deek
Job Security, Lasting Choices: Birth Rate Insights from Germany & Australia
Why temporary work matters more than ever for declining birth rates
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Dave Deek
Singapore's fertility crisis: Could flexible & remote work be the answer?
In a country where 57% of young adults are unmarried, workplace reforms could reshape demographic trends: new research shows reduced hours and remote…
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Dave Deek
Higher Incomes Now Key Driver of Having Kids in the Netherlands
More evidence of a striking reversal is reshaping who has children in wealthy nations: Higher incomes are increasingly associated with higher fertility…
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Dave Deek
Universal Pre-K: Big Gains for Parents
A new NBER paper (Parents' Earnings and the Returns to Universal Pre-Kindergarten by John Eric Humphries, Christopher Neilson, Xiaoyang Ye & Seth D.
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Dave Deek
South Korea: Relationship Between Childbirth Benefits & Total Fertility Rate of Local Governments
South Korea's fertility crisis is not a monolithic challenge but a complex tapestry of regional variations.
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Dave Deek
Thailand’s Demographic Crisis: An ASEAN & Provincial Perspective
A new research paper (An Investigation of Provincial Birth Rate in Thailand by Sunti Tirapat) reveals stark differences in birth rates across Thailand's…
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Dave Deek
South Korean Study: Housing & Education Costs Drown Out Economic Growth's Impact on Fertility Rates
South Korea's fertility rate plummeted to a world-record low of 0.78 births per woman in 2022.
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Dave Deek
Study: Income Inequality Linked to Lower Fertility Rates in China
The Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics published a fascinating little study (Income Inequality and Fertility…
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Dave Deek
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