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Two working papers in the past month ascribed fertility decline to the smartphone, but they couldn't tell us which aspect of smartphones do it. In this paper, I find that interest in mobile dating apps, unlike social media, leads to an immediate fall in fertility outcomes.
Upcoming work from @lymanstoneky on baby name trends and cultural ruptures!
The perils of choosing a baby name spectator.com/article/the-pe…
Peter Foreshaw Brookes retweeted
I was the first in my friend group to have a baby (I was mid grad school) and I just want to say that my friends really stepped up! And my neighbors. People were helpful in a thousand ways. I was also not afraid to let folks know that I could use help.
New @FamStudies: The baby bust has a friendship problem.
% who say friends would help with a first baby:
🇯🇵 Japan: 5%
🇰🇷 S. Korea: 15%
🇺🇸 U.S.: 41%
🇮🇱 Israel: 48%
The countries with the fewest babies are the ones where new parents expect to go it alone.
Peter Foreshaw Brookes retweeted
I was delighted to get to write this piece. Usually I have to keep my demography takes "demography, with a veiled hint of faith." Was nice to be able to lay out what I think the stakes really are for churches.
Happy to have @lymanstoneky debut @AmReformer discussing an important study he and his colleagues @FamStudies recently published on cultural factors influencing fertility and ways Christians can think about creating a culture that supports and encourages having children.
Peter Foreshaw Brookes retweeted
We know fertility is contagious, but we do not know what exactly is being “caught.”
@lymanstoneky @PeterRFB begin to open the "black box" of fertility culture in indispensable new research @FamStudies. Link below
Peter Foreshaw Brookes retweeted
Happy to have @lymanstoneky debut @AmReformer discussing an important study he and his colleagues @FamStudies recently published on cultural factors influencing fertility and ways Christians can think about creating a culture that supports and encourages having children.
Peter Foreshaw Brookes retweeted
Fighting back against safety-ism is essential for rebuilding social bonds.
My @famstudies colleagues @lymanstoneky @DrJasonCarroll @PeterRFB find a connection between a willingness to take risks and intending on having kids.
Peter Foreshaw Brookes retweeted
Important @lymanstoneky @DrJasonCarroll @PeterRFB @BYUWheatley on fertility and culture: ifstudies.org/report-brief/b…
Dan Snow, the pop historian, performed a citizen's arrest during the 2011 London riots
In a low fertility world, willingness to take a chance & willingness to act under uncertainty is what it takes to form a family today, as @lymanstoneky, @DrJasonCarroll and I find in @FamStudies today
Report here: ifstudies.org/report-brief/b…. Piece on the relationship between risk and fertility today: persistentruminator.substack…
Families that value having kids on a family-wide level... have more kids. New with @FamStudies
Report: ifstudies.org/report-brief/b…
Life is all about priorities. If you prioritise thing A and don't do anything about achieving thing B, you implicitly say no thing B. So it is with family life today, as @lymanstoneky, @DrJasonCarroll and I find in @FamStudies today
Report: ifstudies.org/report-brief/b…
Having children today is a matter of seizing the day! As I detail here following our report @FamStudies: persistentruminator.substack…
Source: ifstudies.org/report-brief/b…