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Birth rates
Why are women in China not having more babies?
by
Jennifer Pak
Mar 17, 2023
In China, each woman went from having about three children in the late 1970s to now one. Decades later, the Chinese government wants women to have three children again but is meeting resistance.
How the pandemic created an unexpected "baby bump"
Oct 19, 2022
The country's birth rate rose in 2021, thanks — at least in part to — schedule flexibility provided by remote work, a study author says.
The birth rate in the U.S. increased last year for the first time since 2014
May 24, 2022
Overall, births are still trending downward.
How serious is our declining population growth problem?
by
David Brancaccio
, Chris Farrell
and Daniel Shin
May 19, 2021
The implications of a shrinking population on our economic growth are potentially big, but Marketplace senior economic contributor Chris Farrell thinks there's some solutions to tap.
Japan's population is plunging, so where are the babies?
Apr 20, 2016
The nation fights an alarming trend with matchmakers and a shift in workplace culture.