Why So Few Births? | Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin | Hoover Institution

Nobel-winning research explains falling fertility through education, women’s work, and labor-market incentives.

Labor marketsPodcast episodeexpertbirth timingchildcare constraintseducationfemale labor force participationfertility declinegender wage gapClaudia GoldinSteven Davis

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• Hoover Institution · 2025-09-17

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