A number of recent articles have been communicating a very concerning crisis with the U.S. maternal mortality rate. DI’s director of research Lyman Stone addresses and corrects these popular apocalyptic narratives. Read the full article to understand how serious errors of interpretation and comparison have driven this false crisis.
The Wall Street Journal cites DI’s director of research Lyman Stone in an article discussing American’s ideal family size. Despite the fertility rate trending lower since 2007, most Americans desire two to three children. The article explores the dichotomy of the actual birth rate dropping with people saying they desire more children. Read the full [...]
DI’s Chief Information Officer, Lyman Stone, has published an article in The Atlantic discussing the fast-falling U.S. marriage rates. Among the many of reasons for the decline, men and women are seeing political differences be more and more of a factor. Read the full article here.
DI’s Lyman Stone is cited in a NY Times article that discusses how aftershocks from the coronavirus pandemic continue to rumble across the U.S. economy. Jewelry retailers Kay Jewelers and Zales are seeing the results of Covid’s disruption of dating three years ago. Read the full article here.
DI’s Chief Information Officer, Lyman Stone, has published an article in The Atlantic exploring one of the most popular explanations for declining fertility – and how it may be wrong. Stone shares some ideas on how the work-life balance and money affect marriage and birth rates. Read the full article here.
The Washington, DC based public policy organization, Economic Innovation Group, highlighted Lyman Stone’s analysis of the effect remote work is having on marriage and family. Some early findings reveal a positive impact on marriage and fertility rates. Read the full analysis here.
Demographic Intelligence has released its December 2022 Fertility & Family Digest Newsletter. The continuing ever-more-bearish economic indicators and their effects on fertility forecasts are addressed. The falling fertility rates in the Philippines are discussed. In addition, the consequences of demographic decline for U.S. state and local governments are reviewed. As a regular feature the newsletter [...]
Chief Information Officer for Demographic Intelligence, Lyman Stone, is cited in The Atlantic’s article, “The Great Pandemic Baby Bump.” The article comments on how many predicted the pandemic-induced economic uncertainty would further the declining domestic fertility rates. However, 2021 saw the first major reversal in fertility rates since 2007. The surprising baby bump resulted in [...]
DI’s Lyman Stone is cited in a Wall Street Journal article that identifies a significant obstacle for the baby formula shortage. Ukraine has been the number one exporter of sunflower-seed oil which is a key ingredient in baby formula. As Russia’s war with Ukraine continues, Ukrainian ports are blocked from shipping the oil. Read the [...]
This Wall Street Journal article discusses the numerous flaws that are a part of the $4 billion U.S. baby formula industry. The combination of low competition and high regulation is a major factor which set the stage for the current nationwide shortage. Lyman Stone of Demographic Intelligence is cited regarding factors that have contributed to [...]
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