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186. Why Do People Keep Having Children?

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The Impact of Income on Fertility Rates

Fertility is falling pretty much everywhere around the world, correct? Yes. I mean, pretty much. So why have we seen such sharp declines in fertility even in so many developing countries where kind of the promise of the economic future isn't there? And that's something that's going to drive a lot of policy and the way that demographics work.

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