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August 27, 2024

Orthodox Jews, Mormons, and Why Fertility Is Contagious

By contrast, declining birthrates lead to further decline.

In 2023, the U.S. birthrate sank to 1.62 babies per woman, the lowest on record, after fifteen years of steady decline. Timothy Carney is skeptical of efforts at the national level to increase fertility rates; instead he turns to the evidence from such exceptionally fertile communities as Orthodox Jews and Mormons, and the influence they have on their neighbors:

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