There is a growing body of new research that suggests once countries are already relatively developed, thereis a different set of trade offs that determine how many children a potential mother will have. In countries with good family policies, or where it's very easy for woman to get child care, you can actually reduce the trade off between having both a career and a family.
Two years in the making, the country’s new foundational document was summarily swatted down in a referendum. We ask how it went so wrong, and what comes next. Data show a long-held view on fertility and prosperity is not as straightforward as thought; we examine the policy implications. And learning about HARM—the missiles causing so much harm to Russian forces.
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