Wine & Roses, Fewer Babies: The Economics and Culture Behind America’s Birth Decline

Explores how economic incentives and social norms drive America’s falling birth rates.

Podcast episodeaging populationculture vs incentiveseducation attainmentfamily formationfertility declinegender roles

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• Hoover Institution · 2026-02-13

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