📉 #Education, #economic uncertainty and changing #genderroles are among the factors that have played a part in falling #fertility rates. Keeping the combination of causes in mind is essential for designing effective #policy responses

CPC-CG members Professor Ann Berrington and Professor Hill Kulu examine the evidence in a new #Economics Observatory article out today ⤵️ https://www.economicsobservatory.com/from-costs-to-culture-whats-behind-falling-fertility-in-rich-countries

#fallingfertility #decliningbirthrates #demography #socialsciene #birthrates #pronatalist #pronatal

Out now - the new issue of Changing Populations, the #ESRC Centre for #Population Change and Connecting #Generations newsletter magazine.

Rounding up our members' activities over the last six months, we cover how we are contributing to the debate across the #UK and #Europe on the #demographic challenges affecting our society.

https://sway.cloud.microsoft/WzAYgcw05ELXCdXJ?ref=Link&loc=play

#demography #socialsciences #migration #fertility #forecasting #ageing #intergenerational #socialpolicy #grandparents #sleep #paygap #birthrates

Careers Over Kids: Society's Risk - Helen Andrews on Triggernometry

#decliningbirthrates #birthrates

Trump’s New Greenland Threat Outrages Allies, and China’s Birthrate Plunges

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/podcasts/the-headlines/trump-greenland-threat-china-birthrate.html

St. Kitts and #Nevis PM Drew has revealed plans to bring a government submission to Cabinet aimed at addressing declining #birthrates, framing it as an #investment in families, future generations, and national stability. https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/news/st-kitts-pm-to-propose-measures-aimed-at-increasing-the-nations-birth-rate/

Since 2012, over 5,000 schools have closed out of roughly 50,000 general education institutions nationwide

#France #EducationCrisis #MarketInsider #BirthRates

https://marketinsider.net/frances-quiet-education-crisis-when-falling-birth-rates-force-schools-to-close/

Conventional wisdom says:

Ignore #edgelord #trolls. Don't give them attention

But the monstrous trolls of the world, you can't help it. And you should pay attention. Many human lives are in the balance, possibly even yours

Look at this fucking piece of shit

Can he be even more of a scumbag?

Yes

And we all know what he wants all those extra miserable human lives for: cannon fodder

"Facing Record-Low #BirthRates, #Putin Says #TeenMarriage Is the Answer"

https://united24media.com/latest-news/facing-record-low-birth-rates-putin-says-teen-marriage-is-the-answer-14442

#Russia

When will proponents of scientific racism and eugenics understand that the number of children produced by an individual is an objective measure of fitness unlike "intelligence", "creativity", "culture", and "technology"?
#humans #eugenics #scientificracism #racialism #evolution #humanevolution #fitness #birthrates #reproduction #geneticfitness #iq #racism #pseudoscience

Birth rates all over the world are falling. Why are so many Americans worried about the impact of that on their society? @19thnews carried out a survey to find out, and spoke to experts about how fear of falling birth rates is related to MAGA, anti-immigration policies and more.

https://flip.it/LPW102

#USPolitics #USNews #TrumpAdministration #MAGA #BirthRates #Family

This is a great episode. Thank you Abigail. A #mustWatch!

Philosophy Tube: *You're Wrong About Birth Rates & Aging Populations*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIDnr646tLA

#Birth #birthRates #aging #populations #demography #socialGeography #phantasm #philosophy

You're Wrong About Birth Rates & Aging Populations

https://video.blazma.st/w/nYoLDCwVZubAwh9GJtRdCt

You're Wrong About Birth Rates & Aging Populations

https://yt.lostpod.space/w/tPY613Ueca1gZmMEMFGxAx

Russia faces a shrinking and aging population and tries restrictive laws to combat it

For a quarter century, President Vladimir Putin has faced the specter of Russia’s shrinking and aging population. In…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #126856077 #Abortion #Article #Birthrates #Children #Generalnews #Governmentpolicy #Immigration #Lifestyle #nationalsecurity #Politics #Pregnancyandchildbirth #World #Worldnews
https://www.newsbeep.com/208077/

If you missed CPC-CG member Bernice Kuang at the #Economy, #Culture and #Skills Committee's investigation into current and projected trends relating to #birthrates and the number of #children in #London, and the causes for lower numbers of children in the #capital, you can now watch the meeting (Bernice speaks from 40:16) ⬇️⬇️
https://www.youtube.com/live/xKQZh1nE_rk?si=WsdA7RwmjmfLuCSa&t=2412

Has there ever been any anti-natalist government that tried to reduce the population by strongly discouraging all childbirth?
#antinatalism #birthrates #worldhistory #governments #demographicengineering #demographics #children #populationcontrol #birthcontrol

More children means more pollution, and yet developed countries are trying to increase birth rates to sustain economic ponzi schemes at the expense of the environment.
#natalism #natalists #antinatalism #pollution #birthrates #children #environmentalism #globalwarming #climatechange #economics #gdp #ponzi #pensions #globalnorth #demographics #demographiccrisis

Today, CPC-CG's Bernice Kuang is a guest speaker at the #Economy, #Culture and #Skills Committee as they investigate current and projected #trends relating to #birthrates and the number of #children in #London, and the causes for lower numbers of children in the capital.

The Committee also aims to find out the long-term impact a reduction in #youngpeople will have on London’s #schools, #businesses and wider economy.

Watch live from 11:15am ⬇️

https://www.london.gov.uk/could-london-become-child-free-area

#socialscience #demography

People are having fewer babies: Is it really the end of the world?
#BirthRates
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02615-6

#Food that goes to a #FoodBank would have been thrown away as #FoodWaste otherwise. The #people who rely on them most are the #elderly. #FoodInsecutity has skyrocketed under #Trump, despite #BirthRates plummeting.

So the #lie that #poor people are draining food banks by having too many #kids, dripping with #classism and #antinatalism, is garbage.

“#Pronatalist policies have been shown as ‘impotent’ in budging the long-term #fertility rates. The root problems are #economic uncertainty, problems with #housing, #childcare availability and #gender #inequality in the household," said Connecting Generations Co-Director Professor Melinda Mills MBE in today's The Telegraph:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/what-russians-really-think-about-putins-baby-boom-drive/

#demography #population #birthrates #decliningbirthrates #socialscience #socialsciences #russia #ukraine #conflict #demographiccrisis