Recessions result in lower birth rates in the long run

Monday, September 29, 2014 - 14:20 in Health & Medicine

While it is largely understood that birth rates plummet when unemployment rates soar, the long-term effects have never been clear. Now, new research from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs shows that recessions result in lower birth rates both in the short and long run.

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