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In rich countries, working women and more babies go hand in hand
The opposite used to be true
IT IS WELL known that fertility rates have declined as women’s labour-force participation has increased. Handling a career as well as juggling childcare appeared to leave little room for big families. But new research now helps to explain a striking reversal of that trend in rich countries: higher female participation rates are associated with more babies.
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