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The Rise of Female Autonomy and the Decline of Fertility: The Role of Mismatch / Claudia Goldin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldin, Claudia.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w35425.
- NBER working paper series no. w35425
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2026.
- Summary:
- The fertility decline is everywhere in the world today and goes back decades for rich countries. Birthrates have been below replacement in the U.S. and Europe since the mid-1970s. Completed cohort fertility in the U.S. was lower for those born in 1955 than for 1975. The reasons for the initial declines involve greater female autonomy and a mismatch between the desires of men and women. Men generally benefit more from maintaining traditions; women often benefit more from eschewing them. When the probability is low that men will abandon traditions, some career women will not have children and others will delay.
- Notes:
- July 2026.
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